Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2016-8602
The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Postscript document that calls .sethalftone5 with an empty operand stack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8602?
- CVE-2016-8602 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8602?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.