CVE-2016-7978

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.96% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com 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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336 third party advisory vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html vendor advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179 patch issue tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15 patch mailing list third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7978?
CVE-2016-7978 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7978?
To fix CVE-2016-7978, 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-2016-7978 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-7978 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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