VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7979

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability6.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-05-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently execute arbitrary code by leveraging type confusion in .initialize_dsc_parser.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Primary references