What is CVE-2016-10218?

CVE-2016-10218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-10218?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2016-10218

The pdf14_pop_transparency_group function in base/gdevp14.c in the PDF Transparency module in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Published 2017-04-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

git.ghostscript.com/
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10218?: CVE-2016-10218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-10218?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.