Bug 1441575 – CVE-2016-10317 ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function

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Bug 1441575 - (CVE-2016-10317) CVE-2016-10317 ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer function

Summary:	CVE-2016-10317 ghostscript: Heap-buffer overflow in the fill_threshold_buffer...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2016-10317

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1441581
Blocks:	1441579
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Reported:	2017-04-12 04:57 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-03-07 07:00 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2018-03-06 14:06:53 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-12 04:57:45 EDT

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 05:02:06 EDT

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441581]

Comment 2 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] 2017-04-27 09:08:19 EDT

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

Comment 4 Cedric Buissart 2018-03-06 12:10:06 EST

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

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