CVE-2016-10218

MEDIUM

Ghostscript - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in PDF Transparency Module

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transparency module 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.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0039
EPSS Percentile 60.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/ghostscript 9.20
Published Apr 03, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026