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

EPSS: 0.030 (86.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.