CVE-2016-7979
- 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 execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.
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
- RHSA-2017:0013vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190
- RHSA-2017:0014vendor-advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913
- [oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemsmailing-list
- 95337vdb-entry
- GLSA-201702-31vendor-advisory
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