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CVE-2016-7976

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

Published

2017-08-07T20:29:01.090

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	9.18	Yes
Application	artifex	ghostscript	9.20	Yes

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)