Division by zero in Ghostscript - CVE-2016-10219
Published: April 28, 2017 / Updated: January 9, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9879
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10219
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Ghostscript
Ghostscript
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within the intersect() function in base/gxfill.c in Ghostscript 9.20. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a specially crafted file.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10219
Install update from vendor's website.