CVE-2016-10218 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Ghostscript

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference7 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 17

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.

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 Packages1 packages

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-64cw-wmc5-j274: The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10218: The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14↗2017-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the pfd14_pop_transparency_group function↗2016-12-19
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Debian
CVE-2016-10218: ghostscript - The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transpare...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10218 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the pfd14_pop_transparency_group 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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