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CVE-2016-7978

Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors rela

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.02959
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

1
artifex ghostscriptall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD23 May 2017 · 04:29 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

4
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1
usnUSN-3148-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:2492-1
rhsaRHSA-2017:0013Moderate
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179Issue TrackingPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
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