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CVE-2016-7979 Details

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913 CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html CVE
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex ghostscript
<= 9.20

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7979
NVD Published Date:
May 23, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-7979 Details - Not Deferred