{"id":"USN-6017-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerability","details":"Hadrien Perrineau discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain\ninputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary 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