Use After Free Affecting ghostscript package, versions [,9.20]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GHOSTSCRIPT-2370681
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ghostscript.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. 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.

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