CVE-2016-7979

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

6.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass
• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2fe44f46baaae2abec3de8d6ca6ba4259cf00a0d3652757f843790740f997b58

• www.debian.orgDSA-3691http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3691vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0013http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0013.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697190x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0014http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=875a0095f37626a721c7ff57d606a0f95af03913x_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
• www.securityfocus.com95337http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95337vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-31https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-31vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO