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high 7.8

CVE-2016-10317 json

The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc.

published 2017-04-03 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1502

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ghostscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.22~dfsg-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10317

  • ghostscript Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12
  • ghostscript Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8
  • ghostscript Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10317

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ghostscript SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 9.15-23.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1

  • ghostscript openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.54.0-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10317 updated cvss 5.3

ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ghostscript Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libgs, ghostscript, ghostscript-gtk, ghostscript-cups Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ghostscript
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.ghostscript.com https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697459 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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