CVE-2016-8602

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8602
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-14 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe .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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-704

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1383940 – (CVE-2016-8602) CVE-2016-8602 ghostscript: check for sufficient params in .sethalftone5 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
History of Ghostscript versions 9.n CONFIRM ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3691-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org
Ghostscript 'psi/zht2.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
697203 – NULL dereference in .sethalftone5 CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378143 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-doc (VZLSA-2017:0013)
  • 378268 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-devel (VZLSA-2017:0014)
  • 710453 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31)
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