CVE-2016-8602

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.33%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203 issue tracking patch
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm patch vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940 issue tracking patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5 mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-8602?
CVE-2016-8602 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-8602?
To fix CVE-2016-8602, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-8602 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-8602 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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