CVE-2017-9620
The xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document, related to the xps_encode_font_char_imp function.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript ghostxps
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ee55637480d5e319a5de0481b01c3346855cbc9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698050Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ee55637480d5e319a5de0481b01c3346855cbc9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698050Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.