Bug 1441571 (CVE-2016-10220)

Summary:	CVE-2016-10220 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the gs_makewordimagedevice function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	abhgupta, deekej, kseifried, tiwillia, twaugh, zdohnal
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 08:53:25 UTC

The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript allows 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. 

Upstream patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=daf85701dab05f17e924a48a81edc9195b4a04e8

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697450

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 09:01:39 UTC

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]