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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 55%
VendorProductVersion
artifexghostscript
𝑥
≤ 9.20
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ghostscript
bullseye
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7
fixed
bullseye (security)
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8
fixed
bookworm
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4
fixed
bookworm (security)
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5
fixed
sid
10.04.0~dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
10.04.0~dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ghostscript
yakkety
Fixed 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
released
xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
released
trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
released
precise
Fixed 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31