CVE-2016-10218 in Ghostscript

Summary

The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transparency module 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.

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• Reservation: 02/09/2017
• Disclosure: 04/03/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-99232
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-476 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.4
• EPSS: 0.00391
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10218
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10218
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-10218/