CVE-2016-10220
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | 9.20 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10220.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10220
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.