PT-2017-7815 · Artifex+1 · Ghostscript+1

Kamil Frankowicz · Published 2017-04-03 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-10218

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 NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the pdf14 pop transparency group function in the PDF Transparency module.

Recommendations For Ghostscript version 9.20, consider disabling the pdf14 pop transparency group function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

CVE-2016-10218

MGASA-2017-0133

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ghostscript

References · 54

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697444 · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0133.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0133 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/IJ3D6O5XHLO4UJVJETVCWPIWWWV6LQUE · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10218 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17961 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10194 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10216 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19475 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16510 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17183 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10218 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3838 · Note