High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8602
CVE-2016-8602
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.20
- (no CPE)range: <9.21
- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript-library&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 9.20-2.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.20-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 8.62-32.41.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htmnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31nvd
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