Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39302

NULL pointer dereference in Ghostscript - CVE-2016-10218

Published: April 3, 2017 / Updated: September 27, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39302

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10218

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted file.

Ghostscript
Fedora
ghostscript

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ghostscript - addressed in versions 9.20-9.fc24, 9.20-9.fc25, 9.20-10.fc26