CVE-2016-7976

Description

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 68.52% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691 vendor advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6 third party advisory mailing list
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7976?
CVE-2016-7976 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7976?
To fix CVE-2016-7976, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-7976 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-7976 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~69% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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