Denial of service in Ghostscript
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2016-10317 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-122 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Ghostscript Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Artifex Software, Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU12609
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10317
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted PostScript document, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
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Vulnerable software versionsGhostscript: 9.20
External linkshttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=362ec9daadb9992b0def3520cd1dc6fa52edd1c4
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
