CVE-2016-7978 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript 9.20, specifically related to a reference leak in .setdevice. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and there's minimal community discussion, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 82/100 suggests significant potential danger.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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