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CVE-2017-11714

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ghostscriptDebian
Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11714
Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11714
Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11714
Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-1CVE-2017-11714
ghostscriptUbuntu
Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10USN-3403-1
Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7USN-3403-1
ghostscript-xUbuntu
Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10USN-3403-1
Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7USN-3403-1
libgs9Ubuntu
Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10USN-3403-1
Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7USN-3403-1
libgs9-commonUbuntu
Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10USN-3403-1
Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7USN-3403-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days
81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

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