CVE-2016-7977

Publication date 6 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3148-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 2 December 2016

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