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CVE-2016-7978
published 2017-05-23

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.

critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
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.

Affected

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
artifexghostscript
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.19~dfsg-3.19.19~dfsg-3.1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.19~dfsg-3.19.19~dfsg-3.1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.19~dfsg-3.19.19~dfsg-3.1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.19~dfsg-3.19.19~dfsg-3.1
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.59.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.29.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
debianghostscript< ghostscript 9.19~dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)ghostscript 9.19~dfsg-3.1 (bookworm)

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv9.8CRITICAL