CVE-2016-7979
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6.4% (pctl 94)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.42% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-704 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript |
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
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