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FKIE_CVE-2016-10220

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-03 05:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:39
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript 9.20
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:39:18.750",
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