vulnerability

Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2016-10217) Denial of Service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 3, 2017
Added
Oct 10, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color management module.

Solution

ghostscript-upgrade-9_21
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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