CVE-2016-7977

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

4.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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

2017-05-23 03:56Z9 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-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e8646fcafcc0235382f70b2ff082036b194fab0d5b55f2d3202f81de22c3544c

• www.debian.orgDSA-3691http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com95334http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95334vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0013http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8abd22010eb4db0fb1b10e430d5f5d83e015ef70x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160928 Re: ImageMagick identify "d:" hangshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/28mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0014http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697169x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161005 Re: CVE Request - multiple ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox problemshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/15mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• ghostscript.comhttps://ghostscript.com/doc/9.21/History9.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-31https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO