CVE-2017-9726

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 26 Jul 2017, 19:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 17:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.29% LOW
1% probability +0.90%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Jul 2017, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 17:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Ins_MDRP 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.29%• Percentile: 80%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • artifex•ghostscript_ghostxps

    9.21

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

References (5)