USN-3272-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10217)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-04-28 06:17 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:36 – Source website
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ghostscript vulnerabilities
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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)

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  "details": "It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to\nthe rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to\ncraft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections,\nthereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial\nof service (application crash). (CVE-2017-8291)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the\ncolor management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this\nto cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10217)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered a divide-by-zero error in the scan\nconversion code in Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause\na denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-10219)\n\nKamil Frankowicz discovered multiple NULL pointer dereference errors in\nGhostscript. An attacker could use these to cause a denial of service\n(application crash). (CVE-2016-10220, CVE-2017-5951, CVE-2017-7207)\n",
  "id": "USN-3272-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-04-28T06:17:18Z",
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