CVE-2017-9620

HIGH

Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0099
EPSS Percentile 76.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-125
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

artifex/ghostscript_ghostxps

Timeline

Published Jul 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026