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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-2024:10003-1","title":"ghostscript-9.20-2.1 on GA media","description":"These are all security issues fixed in the ghostscript-9.20-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-15T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:05:23.23663Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:33.135986Z"},{"id":"SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1","title":"Security update for ghostscript-library","description":"\nThis update for ghostscript-library fixes the following issues:\n\n- Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered where ghostscript's\n  '-dsafer' flag did not provide sufficient protection against unintended\n  access to the file system. Thus, a machine that would process a specially\n  crafted Postscript file would potentially leak sensitive information to an\n  attacker. (CVE-2013-5653, bsc#1001951)\n\n- An incorrect reference count was found in .setdevice. This issue lead to a\n  use-after-free scenario, which could have been exploited for\n  denial-of-service or, possibly, arbitrary code execution attacks.\n  (CVE-2016-7978, bsc#1001951)\n\n- Insufficient validation of the type of input in .initialize_dsc_parser used\n  to allow remote code execution. (CVE-2016-7979, bsc#1001951)\n","status":"published","published":"2016-10-11T12:51:56Z","modified":"2026-02-04T04:25:21.31363Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:43.438985Z"},{"id":"USN-3148-1","title":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","description":"Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript\nprocesses certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked\ninto opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of\nservice or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978,\nCVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602)\n\nMultiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information\ndisclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653,\nCVE-2016-7977)\n","status":"published","published":"2016-12-02T02:05:37Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:29:34.664145Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}