CVE-2016-8602 | BDVDB-2026-84259 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.