CVE-2016-7978

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-30

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remoteattackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a reference leak in .setdevice.

See more information about CVE-2016-7978 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (ghostscript)	ELSA-2017-0013	2017-01-04

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