CVE-2016-10219 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted file due to a divide-by-zero error in Ghostscript.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10219?
CVE-2016-10219 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, published on 3 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The intersect function in base/gxfill.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10219?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Artifex Ghostscript.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10219?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10219 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10219 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Ghostscript
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10219, GHSA-2gqv-9xv4-43w4, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10219.