CVE-2016-10220 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-10220 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.98% · 76.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.98%

76.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	ghostscript	0, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	ghostscript	9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10

Timeline

Apr 3, 2017 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10220 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10220 third-party-advisory

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