CVE-2016-10220

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-10220
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-03T05:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-04T01:29:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-476 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10220
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10220
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 15:27:11 2017-04-03T05:59Z 2017-04-03T05:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 15:27:11 2017-11-04T01:29:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 15:27:11 Modified Vulnerability Status updated