PT-2017-7814 · Artifex+2 · Ghostscript+2

Kamil Frankowicz · Published 2017-04-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-10217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript version 9.20

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a use-after-free and application crash, via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color management module. This occurs due to a problem in the pdf14 open function in the base/gdevp14.c file.

Recommendations For Ghostscript version 9.20, consider avoiding the use of the pdf14 open function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the processing of crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

CVE-2016-10217

MGASA-2017-0133

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

USN-3272-1

USN-3272-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ghostscript

Ubuntu

References · 69

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697456 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7207 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5951 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8291 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10219 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/IJ3D6O5XHLO4UJVJETVCWPIWWWV6LQUE · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3272-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3272-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0133.html · Security Note