CVE-2016-7979 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.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/95337 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190 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