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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10217

Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color management module.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.46%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color management module.

CVSS 3.0
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.46% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-416
Affected
artifex/ghostscript
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.