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
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue: Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]