CVE-2016-10317 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ghostscript

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg-2.1+3
▶Ubuntuartifex/ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12+2

Patches

Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-vwwf-pc5c-f9gm: The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh↗2022-05-14
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OSV
ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2018-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-2016-10317: The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh↗2017-04-03
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OSV
CVE-2016-10317: The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh↗2017-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2018-04-30
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Red Hat
ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function↗2016-12-31
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Debian
CVE-2016-10317: ghostscript - The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, I...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10317 ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function↗2017-04-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10217 CVE-2016-10218 CVE-2016-10219 CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2016-10317 CVE-2017-5951 ghostscript: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-04-12
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