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CVE-2016-7977

Date: May 22, 2017

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (16)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7977
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7977
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7977
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7977
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7977

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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