Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service

Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service

CVE-2016-10217 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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