CVE-2016-7978
Published: 6 October 2016
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | reproducer in ghostscript bug report |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Released
(9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4)
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| trusty |
Released
(9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5)
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2)
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| yakkety |
Released
(9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2)
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git;h=d5ad1e0298e1c193087c824eb4f79628b182e28b |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |