VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7207
Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document.
- 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
- 2.39% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 4.2% on 21 September 2026 to 2.4% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?309eca4e0a31ea70dcc844812691439312dad091Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96995Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039071
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2180
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697676Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?309eca4e0a31ea70dcc844812691439312dad091Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96995Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039071
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2180
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697676Issue 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.