CVE-2016-7976

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

23.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-08-07 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6200a920f5c4873ec4e074c734d6ee465b28d74196c4570af57a89a0853ef707

• www.debian.orgDSA-3691http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697178x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161019 Re: Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/19/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/chrisl/ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6d444c273da5499a4cd72f21cb6d4c9a5256807dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-31https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com95332http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95332vdb-entryx_refsource_BID