CVE-2016-7979

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7979

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7979.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7979

Related

Published

2017-05-23T04:29:01Z

Modified

2024-09-18T01:00:19Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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 .initializedscparser.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name: ghostscript
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}