CVE-2016-7976
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8
Description
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7976
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7976.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | 9.18 | |
| artifex | ghostscript | 9.20 | |
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7976.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7976
CWEs
CWE-20
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.