CVE-2016-10217: Artifex Ghostscript

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: version 9.20 only

Published 2017-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.