VDB
CVE-2016-7978
CVE-2016-7978
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a reference leak in .setdevice.
EPSS 5.53% · 92.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
5.53%
92.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | ghostscript | *, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9, 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3, 9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4, 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Oct 6, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
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- May 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/7 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7978 third-party-advisory