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Heap-buffer-overflow in pdf14_preserve_backdrop

Type: advisorySources: OSV

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=56544 ``` Crash type: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE {*} Crash state: pdf14_preserve_backdrop pdf14_push_transparency_group pdf14_begin_transparency_group ```

Products
ghostscript
Affected versions
ghostpdl-10.01.0, ghostpdl-10.01.0rc1, ghostpdl-10.01.0rc2, ghostpdl-10.01.1, ghostpdl-10.01.1-gse-10174, ghostpdl-10.01.2, ghostpdl-10.02.0-test-base-001, rjw-test
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
Not specified
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Heap-buffer-overflow in pdf14_preserve_backdrop

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Mar 2023, 13:02 UTC

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=56544 ``` Crash type: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE {*} Crash state: pdf14_preserve_backdrop pdf14_push_transparency_group pdf14_begin_transparency_group ```

osv:OSV-2023-142

ghostscript

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OSV-2023-142",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=56544 ``` Crash type: Heap-buffer-overflow WRITE {*} Crash state: pdf14_preserve_backdrop pdf14_push_transparency_group pdf14_begin_transparency_group ```",
    "evidence": "osv:OSV-2023-142",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T17:27:27.745406140Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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    "related_cves": [],
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    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 390118,
  "published_at": "2023-03-03T13:02:19.91828+00:00"
}