vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2016-7979) Remote Code Execution
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 23, 2017 | Oct 10, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 23, 2017
Added
Oct 10, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solution
ghostscript-upgrade-9_21

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