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CVE-2016-10220

The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the PDF Transparency module.

Published

2017-04-03T05:59:00.427

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	9.20	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 ([email protected])
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)