CVE-2016-10220

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

2%p78

Published

Apr 3, 2017 (Apr 3, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: artifex
Products: ghostscript
Weakness: CWE-476
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.9%)

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