VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5951
Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.3% on 21 September 2026 to 1.9% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98665
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98665
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.