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CVE-2016-7979

Date: May 22, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (13)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7979

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7979

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html

Url: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7979

Url: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7979

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7979

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CWE-704

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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