Is CVE-2017-9620 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-9620 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-9620?

CVE-2017-9620 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-9620?

CVE-2017-9620 has an EPSS score of 1.76% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-9620?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.22~dfsg-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-9620

HIGHEPSS 75th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.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, related to the xps_encode_font_char_imp function.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-1CVE-2017-9620

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

1.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.