CVE-2016-7976

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7976
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-07 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:35:00 UTC
DescriptionThe PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.18 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.20 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.18 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.20 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Ghostscript CVE-2016-7976 Remote Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.ghostscript.com Git - user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3691-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
697178 – /OutputICCProfile .putdeviceparams -dSAFER bypass CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 670288 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-1788)
  • 670614 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2021-2372)
  • 710453 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31)
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