CVE-2016-7979
9.8CRITICALGhostscript 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.
Published: 5/23/2017Updated: 4/20/2025
Description
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.
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Affected Products
artifexghostscript
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing ListPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190Issue TrackingPatch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing ListPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190Issue TrackingPatch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31