Vulnerability identifier: #VU9879

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10219

CWE-ID: CWE-369

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Ghostscript: 9.20

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External links
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697453
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?4bef1a1d32e29b68855616020dbff574b9cda08f

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.