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A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded,\nspecially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in\nghostscript (CVE-2016-9601).\n\nThe pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Ghostscript 9.20 allows\nremote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and\napplication crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled in the color\nmanagement module (CVE-2016-10217).\n\nThe pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF\nTransparency module in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause\na denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via\na crafted file (CVE-2016-10218).\n\nThe intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Ghostscript 9.20 allows\nremote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and\napplication crash) via a crafted file (CVE-2016-10219).\n\nThe gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Ghostscript\n9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer\ndereference and application crash) via a crafted file that is mishandled\nin the PDF Transparency module (CVE-2016-10220).\n\nThe mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Ghostscript\n9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer\ndereference and application crash) via a crafted file (CVE-2017-5951).\n\nThe mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote\nattackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a\ncrafted PostScript document (CVE-2017-7207).\n\nGhostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command\nexecution via .rsdparams type confusion with a \"/OutputFile (%pipe%\"\nsubstring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program\n(CVE-2017-8291).\n","status":"published","published":"2017-05-07T22:16:00Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:31.886861912Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.103088Z"},{"id":"openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1","title":"ghostscript-9.54.0-2.2 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the ghostscript-9.54.0-2.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:38:19.404781Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:34.487567Z"},{"id":"USN-3272-1","title":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","description":"It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to\nthe rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to\ncraft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,\nthereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial\nof service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the\ncolor management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this\nto cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan\nconversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause\na denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in\nGhostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service\n(application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)\n","status":"published","published":"2017-04-28T06:17:18Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:34:36.245348Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}