CVE-2016-7979
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 6%
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.
Products: artifex ghostscript
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 12 | ghostscript | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| Debian 13 | ghostscript | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| Debian 14 | ghostscript | 9.19~dfsg-3.1 |
| Debian 7 | ghostscript | 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u3 |
| Debian 8 | ghostscript | 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-debuginfo | 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-devel | 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-doc | 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-gtk | 0:8.70-21.el6_8.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-cups | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-debuginfo | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-devel | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-doc | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-gtk | 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | ghostscript | 9.15-11.1 |
| SUSE Manager 2.1 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.38.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | ghostscript | 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ghostscript | 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | ghostscript | 9.20-2.1 |