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CVE-2016-7978

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.

  • Published: May 23, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-7978
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
artifex / ghostscript 9.20 9.20.x