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CVE-2016-7976
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
High8.8EPSS 23.5%
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- mitre
Description
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 23.5% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-3691 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161019 Re: Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 95332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .