5.5

CVE-2016-10220: artifex ghostscript NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10220DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10220
Published 03-04-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10220 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.94%
0%100%
Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Duplicates 1 · Related 4
DLA-905-1DSA-3838-1MGASA-2017-0133OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1SUSE-SU-2017:1138-1SUSE-SU-2017:1404-1

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.08 pp

From 1.86% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.ghostscript.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.20~dfsg-3.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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