USN-3272-1: ghostscript Ubuntu

Published

Published 28-04-2017Last modified 22-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-3272-1 is a vulnerability in ghostscript Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Priority

Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

Not scored

010

No CVSS score recorded

EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 6 · Downstream 0 · Related 6

CVE-2016-10217 CVE-2016-10219 CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2017-5951 CVE-2017-7207 CVE-2017-8291

Timeline

28-04-2017
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
22-04-2026
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ghostscript vulnerabilities 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)