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CVE-2016-8602 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303 CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html CVE
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940 CVEIssue TrackingPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex ghostscript
<= 9.20

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8602
NVD Published Date:
Apr 14, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-8602 Details - Not Deferred