DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7979

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7979.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7979
Upstream
Published
2017-05-23T04:29:01.617Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:11:53.105195Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 .initializedscparser.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.19~dfsg-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}