NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libgs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBGS-1344366
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Dec 2016

Introduced: 21 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-10220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 libgs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgs package and not the libgs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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