CVE-2016-7976

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

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:::::::*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d', 'name': 'http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d', 'tags': ['Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}	() http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d -

Information

Published : 2017-08-07 20:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2016-7976

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7976

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-7976

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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