VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7976
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 23.5%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 23.45% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 25.4% on 21 September 2026 to 23.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.