CVE-2016-7978

CRITICAL

Ghostscript 9.20 - Use-After-Free via .setdevice Reference Leak

Title source: llm

Description

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 (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

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

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0296

EPSS Percentile 86.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (1)

artifex/ghostscript 9.20

Published May 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026