Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10220 - NULL Pointer Dereference 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 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
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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 Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201708-06.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201708-06 (GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GPL Ghostscript. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for additional information. Impact : A context-dependent attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript file or PDF document using GPL Ghostscript possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 102618 published 2017-08-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/102618 title GLSA-201708-06 : GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities 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 SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1138-1.NASL description This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities : - CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) - CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) - CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) - CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) - CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 99761 published 2017-05-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99761 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1) 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 SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1404-1.NASL description This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities : - CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) - CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) - CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) - CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) - CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263) This is a reissue of the previous update to also include SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS packages. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 100410 published 2017-05-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100410 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ghostscript (SUSE-SU-2017:1404-1) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-905.NASL description ghostscript is vulnerable to multiple issues that can lead to denial of service when processing untrusted content. CVE-2016-10219 Application crash with division by 0 in scan conversion code triggered through crafted content. CVE-2016-10220 Application crash with a segfault in gx_device_finalize() triggered through crafted content. CVE-2017-5951 Application crash with a segfault in ref_stack_index() triggered through crafted content. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-04-21 plugin id 99544 published 2017-04-21 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/99544 title Debian DLA-905-1 : ghostscript security update 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 SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-558.NASL description This update for ghostscript fixes the following security vulnerabilities : CVE-2017-8291: A remote command execution and a -dSAFER bypass via a crafted .eps document were exploited in the wild. (bsc#1036453) CVE-2016-9601: An integer overflow in the bundled jbig2dec library could have been misused to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1018128) CVE-2016-10220: A NULL pointer dereference in the PDF Transparency module allowed remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service. (bsc#1032120) CVE-2017-5951: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1032114) CVE-2017-7207: A NULL pointer dereference allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PostScript document. (bsc#1030263) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-05-09 plugin id 100041 published 2017-05-09 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/100041 title openSUSE Security Update : ghostscript (openSUSE-2017-558) 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) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3838.NASL description Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript, the GPL PostScript/PDF interpreter, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service if a specially crafted Postscript file is processed. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99741 published 2017-05-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99741 title Debian DSA-3838-1 : ghostscript - security update