vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2016-8602) Denial of Service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 14, 2017 | Oct 10, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 14, 2017
Added
Oct 10, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solution
ghostscript-upgrade-9_22
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