Use-after-free in Ghostscript - CVE-2016-7978
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38958
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7978
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Ghostscript
Ghostscript
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7978
Install update from vendor's website.