CVE-2016-7979

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: May 23, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913