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CVE-2016-7978 (GCVE-0-2016-7978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-23 03:56 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13

Summary

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/1…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2016-09-30 00:00

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CNVD-2016-09583

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2016-10-20

Title

Ghostscript内存破坏漏洞

Description

Ghostscript是一套建基于Adobe、PostScript及可移植文档格式（PDF）的页面描述语言等而编译成的自由软件。 Ghostscript存在内存破坏漏洞，攻击者可利用漏洞导致远程代码执行。

Severity

高

Patch Name

Ghostscript内存破坏漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Ghostscript是一套建基于Adobe、PostScript及可移植文档格式（PDF）的页面描述语言等而编译成的自由软件。 Ghostscript存在内存破坏漏洞，攻击者可利用漏洞导致远程代码执行。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

目前厂商已经发布了补丁以修复此安全问题，可以参考以下链接获取相应修复建议：http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;h=d5ad1e0298e1c193087c824eb4f79628b182e28b

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15

Impacted products

Name
GhostScript Ghostscript

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FKIE_CVE-2016-7978

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-23 04:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15	Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179	Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179	Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	artifex	ghostscript	9.20

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GHSA-JP8P-FJ2V-5982

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:55 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:55

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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GSD-2016-7978

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2016-7978

Aliases

CVE-2016-7978

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-15 00:00

Summary

ghostscript-9.20-2.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

7 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7978.

CVE-2016-7978

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Recommended: 12 products

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RHSA-2017:0013

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2017-01-04 10:09 - Updated: 2026-06-25 10:48

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7978.

CVE-2016-7978

It was found that the ghostscript function .setdevice suffered a use-after-free vulnerability due to an incorrect reference count. A specially crafted postscript document could trigger code execution in the context of the gs process.

5.8 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Fixed: 77 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0013

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RHSA-2017_0013

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2017-01-04 10:09 - Updated: 2024-11-22 10:29

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ghostscript security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

5 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7978.

CVE-2016-7978

5.8 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Fixed: 288 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0013

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SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-10-11 12:51 - Updated: 2016-10-11 12:51

Summary

Security update for ghostscript-library

Severity

Important

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-7978.

CVE-2016-7978

9.8 (Critical)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7978 (CVE-2016-7978)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-10-06 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/7	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7978	REPORT

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          },
          {
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}

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