Bug 1441575 (CVE-2016-10317)

Summary:	CVE-2016-10317 ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	abhgupta, deekej, kseifried, tiwillia, twaugh, zdohnal
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Bug Depends On:	1441581
Bug Blocks:	1441579

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 08:57:45 UTC

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

Upstream bug:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697459

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 09:02:06 UTC

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]

Comment 2 David Kaspar // Dee'Kej 2017-04-27 13:08:19 UTC

NOTE: We're still waiting on upstream to provide a patch for this CVE.

Comment 4 Cedric Buissart 2018-03-06 17:10:06 UTC

Upstream fix : 
 - Fix bug 697459 Buffer overflow in fill_threshold_buffer
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=362ec9daadb9992b0def3520cd1dc6fa52edd1c4