CVE-2016-10220 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Ghostscript

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 17

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 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

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GHSA
GHSA-458q-p5fc-j68h: The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-10220: The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem↗2017-04-03
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10220: The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem↗2017-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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Red Hat
ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the gs_makewordimagedevice function↗2016-12-21
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Debian
CVE-2016-10220: ghostscript - The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc....↗2016
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10220 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the gs_makewordimagedevice 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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