CVE-2016-10220

MEDIUM

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

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 71.2%
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