{"id":"USN-3148-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerabilities","details":"Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the way that Ghostscript\nprocesses certain Postscript files. If a user or automated system were tricked\ninto opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of\nservice or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-7976, CVE-2016-7978,\nCVE-2016-7979, CVE-2016-8602)\n\nMultiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Ghostscript related to information\ndisclosure. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially\ncrafted file, an attacker could expose sensitive data. (CVE-2013-5653,\nCVE-2016-7977)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:03Z","published":"2016-12-02T02:05:37Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5653","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7976","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7977","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7978","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8602"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-5653","CVE-2016-7976","CVE-2016-7977","CVE-2016-7978","CVE-2016-7979","CVE-2016-8602","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-5653","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7976","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7977","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7978","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7979","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8602"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3148-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5653"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7976"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7977"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7978"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7979"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8602"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5"}]}],"versions":["9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3","9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_version":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","binary_name":"ghostscript-x"},{"binary_version":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","binary_name":"libgs-dev"},{"binary_version":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","binary_name":"libgs9"},{"binary_version":"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5","binary_name":"libgs9-common"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2013-5653","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7976","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7977","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7978","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7979","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8602","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3148-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"ghostscript"},{"binary_version":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"ghostscript-x"},{"binary_version":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"libgs-dev"},{"binary_version":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"libgs9"},{"binary_version":"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","binary_name":"libgs9-common"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2013-5653","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7976","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7977","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7978","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-7979","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-8602","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3148-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}