Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-10220
CVE-2016-10220
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.
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Affected products
14- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =9.20
- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 9.54.0-2.2+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.54.0-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-22.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-20.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatch
- www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06nvd
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