CVE-2016-10317: artifex ghostscript
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10317 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 03-04-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote 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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.28% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.ghostscript.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mageia2 products
- ghostscript< 9.22-1.2.mga5
- ghostscript< 9.22-1.2.mga6
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript9.20
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8 | < 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1
4 vendors · 5 products
