{"id":"USN-3272-2","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"ghostscript regression","description":"USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced\na regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc\ncommand. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to\n the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to\n craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,\n thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial\n of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the\n color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this\n to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan\n conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause\n a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in\n Ghostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service\n (application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2017-05-16T18:58:49Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:34:56Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"ghostscript","fixed_in":["9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"ghostscript","fixed_in":["9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","package":"ghostscript","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9"}]}],"versions":["9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"ghostscript","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3272-2","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1687614","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"USN-3272-2","title":"ghostscript regression","description":"USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced\na regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc\ncommand. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to\n the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to\n craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,\n thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial\n of service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the\n color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this\n to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan\n conversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause\n a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)\n\n Kamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in\n Ghostscript. 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":"2017-05-16T18:58:49Z","modified":"2026-04-22T09:34:56.00343Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}