CVE-2016-7978

Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a reference leak in .setdevice.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 85%
VendorProductVersion
artifexghostscript
9.20
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ghostscript
bullseye
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7
fixed
bullseye (security)
9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8
fixed
bookworm
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4
fixed
bookworm (security)
10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5
fixed
sid
10.04.0~dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
10.04.0~dfsg-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ghostscript
yakkety
Fixed 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
released
xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
released
trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
released
precise
Fixed 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4
released
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.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/95336
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.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/95336
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31