Ghostscript before 9.21 might allow remote attackers to bypass the SAFER mode protection mechanism and consequently read arbitrary files via the use of the .libfile operator in a crafted postscript document.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-23T03:56:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.566Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7977

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-23T04:29:01.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:58:49.563

Link: CVE-2016-7977

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7977 - Bugzilla