PT-2016-7454 · Artifex+5 · Ghostscript+5

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2016-10-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-7978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript version 9.20

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability that might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is due to a reference leak in the .setdevice function.

Recommendations For Ghostscript version 9.20, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a version with a reference leak in .setdevice poses a significant risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

CESA-2017_0013

CVE-2016-7978

DLA-674-1

DSA-3691-1

DSA-3691-2

MGASA-2017-0133

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2574-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2648-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1

RHSA-2017:0013

RHSA-2017_0013

SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1

USN-3148-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 38

• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179 · Patch
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0133.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3691-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0133 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3691-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/IJ3D6O5XHLO4UJVJETVCWPIWWWV6LQUE · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8602 · Vendor Advisory