CVE-2016-7978 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8