UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979
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Published
2016-10-06T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:53Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5

Affected versions

9.*

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common",
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
        }
    ]
}