#VU9879 Division by zero in Ghostscript - CVE-2016-10219 

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#VU9879 Division by zero in Ghostscript - CVE-2016-10219

Published: April 28, 2017 / Updated: January 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9879
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10219
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Software vendor:
Artifex Software, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within the intersect() function in base/gxfill.c in Ghostscript 9.20. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a specially crafted file.



Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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