CVE-2016-10217 — Use After Free in Ghostscript

CWE-416 — Use After Free11 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 17

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.20~dfsg-3.1+3

Patches

Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-rhh2-326j-w4xr: The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14↗2022-05-17
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OSV
ghostscript regression↗2017-05-16
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OSV
ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10217: The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14↗2017-04-03
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OSV
CVE-2016-10217: The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14↗2017-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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Red Hat
ghostscript: Use-after-free in the pdf14_open function↗2016-12-27
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Debian
CVE-2016-10217: ghostscript - The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript ...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10217 ghostscript: Use-after-free in the pdf14_open function↗2017-04-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10217 CVE-2016-10218 CVE-2016-10219 CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2016-10317 CVE-2017-5951 ghostscript: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-04-12
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