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.
Published: 2017-05-23
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8825 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3148-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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Artifex Ghostscript
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.566Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-7977

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:01.523

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

Link: CVE-2016-7977

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7977 - Bugzilla

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