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7.8high

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…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.2%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

References

  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3691 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/95311 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • git.ghostscript.com /?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.ghostscript.com /show_bug.cgi?id=697203 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ghostscript.com /doc/9.21/History9.htm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201702-31 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1383940 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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