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GHSA-9V96-PR6J-GHXC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:27 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:42

Details

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

Severity ?

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2016-7976 (GCVE-0-2016-7976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13

Summary

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

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

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	https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
	http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpd…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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GHSA-9V96-PR6J-GHXC

CVE-2016-7976 (GCVE-0-2016-7976)

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