CVE-2016-7977
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 9, 2016
Description
Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- DSA-3691vendor-advisory
- 95334vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- RHSA-2017:0013vendor-advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
- [oss-security] 20160928 Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangsmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:0014vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169
- [oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemsmailing-list
- https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htm
- GLSA-201702-31vendor-advisory
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