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          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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                "fixed": "9.52"
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            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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                "last_affected": "9.0"
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          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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              {
                "last_affected": "10.0"
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          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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                "last_affected": "16.04"
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          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
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                "last_affected": "18.04"
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            "events": [
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                "introduced": "0"
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  "details": "A null pointer dereference vulnerability in compose_group_nonknockout_nonblend_isolated_allmask_common() in base/gxblend.c of Artifex Software GhostScript v9.50 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. This is fixed in v9.51.",
  "id": "CVE-2020-16293",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:48:46.833737531Z",
  "published": "2020-08-13T03:15:13.133Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7870f4951bcc6a153f317e3439e14d0e929fd231"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00032.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-20"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4469-1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4748"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701795"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}