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CVE-2016-8602
The .sethalftone5 function in psi/zht2.c in Ghostscript before 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application…
High7.8EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- DSA-3691 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 95311 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161011 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161011 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .