Description
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
Published: 2017-08-07
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 46.8% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-674-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3691-1 ghostscript security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3148-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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Artifex Ghostscript
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.340Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7976

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-07T20:29:01.090

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7976

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7976 - Bugzilla

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