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CVE-2016-7979
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code…
Critical9.8EPSS 6.4%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- DSA-3691 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 95337 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .