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TI-2016-06702 Aliases CVE-2016-7976GHSA-9v96-pr6j-ghxc

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.23453 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.18VulnerableArtifex
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.20VulnerableArtifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.18 Vulnerable ·Artifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.20 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7976
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9v96-pr6j-ghxc

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

  • TI-2017-05861 Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2021-02712 Improper input validation in ghostscript CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2023-13382 In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.0, there is a buffer overflow leading to potential… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-11841 An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-19474 Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-14200 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in clj_media_size function in devices/gdevclj.c in Artifex… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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