VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-8602

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-04-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Primary references