SB2017112136 - Denial of service in Ghostscript
Published: November 21, 2017 Updated: May 14, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017112136
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10317)
CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.