Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7978
CVE-2016-7978
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a reference leak in .setdevice.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <9.20
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 9.20-2.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.20-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.15-11.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31nvd
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