VDB
CVE-2016-7976
CVE-2016-7976
PUBLISHED
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
EPSS 46.83% · 97.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
46.83%
97.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ghostscript | 0, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3, 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | ghostscript | 0, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3 |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2016-7976 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2016-7976 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2016-7976 (circl-sighting)
- DSA-3691 (circl)
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20161019 Re: Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems (circl)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d (circl)
- GLSA-201702-31 (circl)
- 95332 (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 6, 2016 CVE Published
- May 29, 2018 PoC Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- Feb 6, 2025 PoC Published
- Feb 23, 2025 PoC Published
- Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 22, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 25, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7976 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/7 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/8 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7976 third-party-advisory