fkie_cve-2016-7978
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-05-23 04:29
Modified
2024-11-21 02:58
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript 9.20


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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      "value": "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."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de uso despu\u00e9s de la liberaci\u00f3n de Ghostscript 9.20 podr\u00eda permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con una fuga de referencia en .setdevice."
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  "id": "CVE-2016-7978",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T02:58:49.727",
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