CVE-2017-9739

HIGH

Ghostscript GhostXPS <9.21 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.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.

References (5)

[Patch] http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c501a58f8d5650c8ba21d447c0d6f07eafcb0f15

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99987

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698063

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0039

EPSS Percentile 59.8%

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 (3)

artifex/ghostscript_ghostxps

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Jul 26, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026