CVE-2016-7978
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-7978 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2017-05-23 04:29:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2018-01-05 02:31:00 UTC |
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| Description | 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. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Ghostscript CVE-2016-7978 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| oss-security - Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
rhn.redhat.com |
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| GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31) — Gentoo Security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
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| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3691-1 ghostscript |
DEBIAN |
www.debian.org |
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| 697179 – double free with .setdevice |
CONFIRM |
bugs.ghostscript.com |
Issue Tracking, Patch |
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 378143 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ghostscript-doc (VZLSA-2017:0013)
- 710453 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201702-31)
