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ghsa-9v96-pr6j-ghxc

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 00:27

Modified

2025-04-20 03:42

Severity ?

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-07T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-9v96-pr6j-ghxc",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:42:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:27:22Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691"
    },
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    }
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}

CVE-2016-7976 (GCVE-0-2016-7976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-08-07 20:00

Modified

2024-08-06 02:13

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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