ubuntu-cve-2016-7976
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-10-06 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
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)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "ghostscript",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "ghostscript",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3",
"9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7976",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:03Z",
"published": "2016-10-06T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7976"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/7"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/30/8"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7976"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-3148-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-7976"
]
}
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