{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-7979", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "DSA-3691", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691" }, { "name": "RHSA-2017:0013", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html" }, { "name": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190" }, { "name": "RHSA-2017:0014", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.html" }, { "name": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problems", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15" }, { "name": "95337", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337" }, { "name": "GLSA-201702-31", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31" } ] } }