CVE-2016-10218 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript 9.20, specifically within the PDF Transparency module's pdf14_pop_transparency_group function. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and application crash by providing a specially crafted file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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