VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7978
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 9.8EPSS 5.53%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.53% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- 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 List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- 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 List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.