VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10220
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.86%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- 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
- 1.86% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.