CVE-2016-7977

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing List, Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169Issue Tracking, Patch
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htmRelease Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28Mailing List, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15Mailing List, Patch
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169Issue Tracking, Patch
https://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htmRelease Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31

Timeline

Published: May 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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