CVE-2016-7977

MEDIUM

Artifex Ghostscript < 9.20 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

References (11)

[Patch] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

[Mailing List, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28

[Mailing List, Patch] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169

[Release Notes] https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0138

EPSS Percentile 80.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (2)

artifex/ghostscript < 9.20

n/a/n/a

Published May 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026