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CVE-2016-7979

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Published: May 23, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
5.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7979
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ghostscript Artifex * 9.20 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat ghostscript-0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat ghostscript-0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 *
Ghostscript Ubuntu devel *
Ghostscript Ubuntu precise *
Ghostscript Ubuntu trusty *
Ghostscript Ubuntu xenial *
Ghostscript Ubuntu yakkety *

References

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