CVE-2017-11714: artifex ghostscript Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-11714 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 2.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 28-07-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.30% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript9.21
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7
3 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698158X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory