Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10217 - Use After Free vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript 9.20
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-FAE1506F94.NASL description Security fixes release for these CVEs : - [CVE-2016-10217](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10217) *(use-after-free and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10218](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10218) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10219](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10219) *(divide-by-zero error and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10220](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10220) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-5951](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-5951) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-7975](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-7975) *(application crash or possible execution of arbitrary code)* - [CVE-2017-8291](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-8291) *( -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution)* Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-05-16 plugin id 100201 published 2017-05-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100201 title Fedora 24 : ghostscript (2017-fae1506f94) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2370.NASL description According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.(CVE-2018-19478) - The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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) - Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of service (application crash) or disclosure of sensitive information from process memory, because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_decode_symbol_dict function in jbig2_symbol_dict.c in libjbig2dec.a during operation on a crafted .jb2 file.(CVE-2017-7885) - Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-7975) - psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows 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.(CVE-2017-11714) - The gs_alloc_ref_array function in psi/ialloc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows 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. This is related to a lack of an integer overflow check in base/gsalloc.c.(CVE-2017-9835) - The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transparency module in Artifex Software, Inc. 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 fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows 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.(CVE-2016-10317) - The pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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 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.(CVE-2016-10219) - The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-10 plugin id 131862 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131862 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2370) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3272-1.NASL description 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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99726 published 2017-04-28 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99726 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : ghostscript vulnerabilities (USN-3272-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2586.NASL description According to the versions of the ghostscript packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Artifex jbig2dec 0.13 has a heap-based buffer over-read leading to denial of service (application crash) or disclosure of sensitive information from process memory, because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_decode_symbol_dict function in jbig2_symbol_dict.c in libjbig2dec.a during operation on a crafted .jb2 file.(CVE-2017-7885) - Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in Ghostscript, allows out-of-bounds writes because of an integer overflow in the jbig2_build_huffman_table function in jbig2_huffman.c during operations on a crafted JBIG2 file, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execution of arbitrary code.(CVE-2017-7975) - ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function which is 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) - libjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and Ghostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will crash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.(CVE-2017-9216) - psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows 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.(CVE-2017-11714) - The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows 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.(CVE-2016-10317) - The gs_alloc_ref_array function in psi/ialloc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows 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. This is related to a lack of an integer overflow check in base/gsalloc.c.(CVE-2017-9835) - The gs_makewordimagedevice function in base/gsdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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 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.(CVE-2016-10219) - The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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 pdf14_open function in base/gdevp14.c in Artifex Software, Inc. 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 Artifex Software, Inc. 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-18 plugin id 132121 published 2019-12-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132121 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2586) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3272-2.NASL description USN-3272-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Ghostscript. This change introduced a regression when the DELAYBIND feature is used with the eqproc command. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. 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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100247 published 2017-05-17 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100247 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 / 17.04 : ghostscript regression (USN-3272-2) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-C85C0E5637.NASL description Security fixes release for these CVEs : - [CVE-2016-10217](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10217) *(use-after-free and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10218](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10218) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10219](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10219) *(divide-by-zero error and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10220](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10220) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-5951](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-5951) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-7975](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-7975) *(application crash or possible execution of arbitrary code)* - [CVE-2017-8291](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-8291) *( -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution)* Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-05-08 plugin id 100013 published 2017-05-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100013 title Fedora 25 : ghostscript (2017-c85c0e5637) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-A606D224A5.NASL description Security fixes release for these CVEs : - [CVE-2016-10217](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10217) *(use-after-free and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10218](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10218) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10219](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10219) *(divide-by-zero error and application crash)* - [CVE-2016-10220](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/ CVE-2016-10220) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-5951](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-5951) *(NULL pointer dereference and application crash)* - [CVE-2017-7975](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-7975) *(application crash or possible execution of arbitrary code)* - [CVE-2017-8291](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/C VE-2017-8291) *( -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution)* Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-17 plugin id 101695 published 2017-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101695 title Fedora 26 : ghostscript (2017-a606d224a5)