{"id":"CVE-2016-7978","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:16:50.201712129Z","published":"2017-05-23T04:29:01.570Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2016:2492-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10003-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95336"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697179"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.20"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7978.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}