CVE-2016-8602

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-04-14 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dbd92335e0b996ab0f0ff03a5bfab0d37c06610b36db4913bcb97042284315f2

• www.debian.orgDSA-3691http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com95311http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95311vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0013http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0014http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161011 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f5c7555c303x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697203x_refsource_CONFIRM
• ghostscript.comhttps://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-31https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383940x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161011 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/11/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST