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Bug 1441571 - (CVE-2016-10220) CVE-2016-10220 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the gs_makewordimagedevice function
CVE-2016-10220 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the gs_makewordimaged...
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20161221,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1441581
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Reported: 2017-04-12 04:53 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2017-04-12 07:36 EDT (History)
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 04:53:25 EDT
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 05:01:39 EDT
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]

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