CVE-2016-8602

CVE Details

Release Date:2016-10-08
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21allows 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-8602 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 5.1
Vector String: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ghostscript)ELSA-2017-00142017-01-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (ghostscript)ELSA-2017-00132017-01-04
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ghostscript)OVMSA-2017-00022017-01-04
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ghostscript)OVMSA-2017-00022017-01-04


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