Executive Summary
Informations | |||
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Name | CVE-2016-7979 | First vendor Publication | 2017-05-23 |
Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2023-11-07 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | 9.8 | ||
Base Score | 9.8 | Environmental Score | 9.8 |
impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 9.8 |
Exploitabality Sub Score | 3.9 | ||
Attack Vector | Network | Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
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. |
Original Source
Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7979 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-704 | Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 5 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2017-07-13 | Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update. File : Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2017-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-07-13 | Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update. File : Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2017-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-05-01 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-02-23 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201702-31.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-11 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2017-784.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20170104_ghostscript_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20170104_ghostscript_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2017-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2017-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2017-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-01-05 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2017-0013.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-12-02 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3148-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-2df27a2224.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-27 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1237.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-24 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-1207.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-53e8aa35f6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-19 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-1c13825502.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-13 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3691.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2492-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2016-10-12 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-2493-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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2023-11-07 21:42:40 |
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2023-08-05 01:32:33 |
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2021-05-05 01:22:59 |
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2020-05-23 00:53:23 |
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2019-09-07 12:08:20 |
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2019-04-03 12:06:48 |
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2019-02-06 12:02:30 |
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2018-12-06 12:01:22 |
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2018-10-26 12:04:20 |
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2018-01-05 09:23:56 |
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2017-11-04 09:23:45 |
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2017-08-16 12:04:44 |
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2017-07-14 13:24:51 |
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2017-07-01 09:23:46 |
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2017-05-31 09:23:43 |
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2017-05-24 09:23:31 |
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2017-05-23 09:22:44 |
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