CVE-2017-5951: artifex ghostscript NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5951 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4Timeline
- 03-04-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.94%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
80%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.08 pp
From 1.87% 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
1 foundExploit Reference (bugs.ghostscript.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- ghostscript< 9.21-r3 | < 9.21-r0
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript9.20
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 9.20~dfsg-3.1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
4 vendors · 4 products
