CVE-2016-7979

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.8

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

2.635

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Ghostscript 9.20	Windows
ghostscript security update(DSA-3691-1) ghostscript_9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3_kfreebsd-i386.deb	Linux
ghostscript security update(DSA-3691-1) ghostscript_9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3_kfreebsd-amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234