CVE-2017-7207

MEDIUM

Ghostscript 9.20 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (7)

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?309eca4e0a31ea70dcc844812691439312dad091

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96995

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039071

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2180

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697676

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0055

EPSS Percentile 67.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (2)

n/a/n/a

artifex/ghostscript

Timeline

Published Mar 21, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026