Use After Free in Artifex Ghostscript
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.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.20
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7978?
- CVE-2016-7978 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-23.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7978?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.