CVE-2016-8602
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-8602
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-04-14T18:59:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-01-05T02:31:18
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 9.20 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=f5c7555c303 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8602 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8602 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:51:53 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 15:58:22 | 2017-04-14T18:59Z | 2017-04-14T18:59:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 15:58:22 | 2018-01-05T02:31:18 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 15:58:22 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |