Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-gtk package, versions <0:9.07-20.el7_3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.21% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTGTK-2076585
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Sept 2016

Introduced: 30 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ghostscript-gtk to version 0:9.07-20.el7_3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-gtk package and not the ghostscript-gtk package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.