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.
Published: 2017-04-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-674-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3691-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9449 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3148-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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Artifex Ghostscript
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.915Z

Reserved: 2016-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8602

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.877

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-10-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8602 - Bugzilla

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