CVE-2016-8602
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.0%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8602
To remediate CVE-2016-8602, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.19~dfsg-3.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8602 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 9.19~dfsg-3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |