Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GHOSTSCRIPT-381938
  • published3 Apr 2017
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10317  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 ghostscript to version 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.