FKIE_CVE-2016-8602
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-04-14 18:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:54:35.257",
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