CVE-2016-10219
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote...
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-10219- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-369
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-10219- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1404 No score
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1404- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2gqv-9xv4-43w4
5.5
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote...
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
GHSA-2gqv-9xv4-43w4- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-369
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.5
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-10219- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10219
5.5
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10219- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10219
5.5
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10219- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0133 No score
Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability
Various userparams in Ghostscript allow %pipe% in paths, allowing remote shell command execution (CVE-2016-7976).
The .libfile function in Ghostscript doesn't check PermitFileReading array, allowing remote file disclosure (CVE-2016-7977).
Reference leak in the .setdevice function in Ghostscript allows use-after-free and remote code execution (CVE-2016-7978).
Type confusion in the .initialize_dsc_parser function in Ghostscript allows remote code execution (CVE-2016-7979).
The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack (CVE-2016-8602).
A heap based buffer overflow was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image() function used to decode halftone segments in a JBIG2 image. A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded, specially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript (CVE-2016-9601).
The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color management module (CVE-2016-10217).
The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transparency module in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file (CVE-2016-10218).
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file (CVE-2016-10219).
The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in 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 (CVE-2016-10220).
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file (CVE-2017-5951).
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document (CVE-2017-7207).
Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program (CVE-2017-8291).
- Record
MGASA-2017-0133- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 No score
ghostscript-9.54.0-2.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ghostscript-9.54.0-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0407-1 No score
Security update for ghostscript
This update for ghostscript fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-9835: The gs_alloc_ref_array function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1050879).
- CVE-2017-9216: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c which allowed for DoS (bsc#1040643).
- CVE-2016-10317: The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1032230).
- CVE-2017-9612: The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050891).
- CVE-2017-9726: The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050889).
- CVE-2017-9727: The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050888).
- CVE-2017-9739: The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050887).
- CVE-2017-11714: psi/ztoken.c mishandled references to the scanner state structure, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c (bsc#1051184).
- CVE-2016-10219: The intersect function in base/gxfill.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file (bsc#1032138).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1140-1 No score
Security update for ghostscript-library
This update for ghostscript-library fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-7207: The mem_get_bits_rectangle function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1030263).
- CVE-2016-9601: Prevent heap-buffer overflow by checking for an integer overflow in jbig2_image_new function (bsc#1018128).
- CVE-2017-9612: The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050891)
- CVE-2017-9726: The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050889)
- CVE-2017-9727: The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050888)
- CVE-2017-9739: The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050887)
- CVE-2017-11714: psi/ztoken.c mishandled references to the scanner state structure, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c (bsc#1051184)
- CVE-2017-9835: The gs_alloc_ref_array function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1050879)
- CVE-2016-10219: The intersect function in base/gxfill.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file (bsc#1032138)
- CVE-2017-9216: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c which allowed for DoS (bsc#1040643)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3272-1 No score
ghostscript vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections, thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)
Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)
- Record
USN-3272-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ghostscriptDebian:12 |
before 9.20~dfsg-3.1 | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
ghostscriptDebian:13 |
before 9.20~dfsg-3.1 | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
ghostscriptDebian:14 |
before 9.20~dfsg-3.1 | 9.20~dfsg-3.1 |
ghostscriptDebian:7 |
before 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5, plus listed versions 9.05~dfsg-6.39.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u19.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u29.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u39.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u4 |
9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u5 |
ghostscriptDebian:8 |
before 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u5, plus listed versions 9.06~dfsg-29.06~dfsg-2+deb8u19.06~dfsg-2+deb8u29.06~dfsg-2+deb8u39.06~dfsg-2+deb8u4 |
9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u5 |
ghostscriptMageia:5 |
before 9.20-1.mga5 | 9.20-1.mga5 |
gutenprintMageia:5 |
before 5.2.10-5.1.mga5 | 5.2.10-5.1.mga5 |
libspectreMageia:5 |
before 0.2.7-5.1.mga5 | 0.2.7-5.1.mga5 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscriptSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 |
before 9.15-23.7.1 | 9.15-23.7.1 |
ghostscript-librarySUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
before 8.62-32.47.7.1 | 8.62-32.47.7.1 |
ghostscript-librarySUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |
before 8.62-32.47.7.1 | 8.62-32.47.7.1 |
ghostscript-librarySUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 |
before 8.62-32.47.7.1 | 8.62-32.47.7.1 |
ghostscriptUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7, plus listed versions 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu29.10~dfsg-0ubuntu39.10~dfsg-0ubuntu49.10~dfsg-0ubuntu59.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6 Show 10 moreShow less9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu79.10~dfsg-0ubuntu89.10~dfsg-0ubuntu99.10~dfsg-0ubuntu109.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.19.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.29.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.39.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.49.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.59.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6 |
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 |
ghostscriptUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4, plus listed versions 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu39.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu49.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu19.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu29.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.29.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3 |
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4 |
ghostscriptopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 9.54.0-2.2 | 9.54.0-2.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10219 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Artifex Ghostscript, published April 3, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in ghostscript 9.20~dfsg-3.1.
References
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697453
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?4bef1a1d32e29b68855616020dbff574b9cda08f
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10219
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gqv-9xv4-43w4
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10219
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0133.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19542
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IJ3D6O5XHLO4UJVJETVCWPIWWWV6LQUE
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180407-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1032138
bugzilla.suse.com/1032230
bugzilla.suse.com/1040643
bugzilla.suse.com/1050879
bugzilla.suse.com/1050887
bugzilla.suse.com/1050888
bugzilla.suse.com/1050889
bugzilla.suse.com/1050891
bugzilla.suse.com/1051184
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10219
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10317
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11714
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9216
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9612
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9726
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9727
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9739
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9835
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181140-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1018128
bugzilla.suse.com/1030263
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9601
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7207
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10219
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10219
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10217
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10220
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5951
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7207
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8291
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10217
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10218
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10220
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5951
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8291
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10194
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15908
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15909
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15910
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15911
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16509
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16510
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16511
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16513
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16539
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16540
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16541
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16542
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16543
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16585
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16802
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17183
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17961
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18073
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18284
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19409
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19475
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19476
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19477
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6616
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10216
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12973
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14811
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14817
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3835
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3838
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6116
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12268
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15900
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3781