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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-10220: ghostscript security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-10220: ghostscript security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/03/2017
Created
02/03/2021
Added
02/03/2021
Modified
02/03/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscript
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscript-cups

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