CVE-2016-8602
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8602
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8602.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8602
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-04-14T18:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T09:12:49.491563Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- 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://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7
- 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://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303