PT-2017-16942 · Artifex · Ghostscript

Kamil Frankowicz · Published 2017-02-24 · Updated 2017-11-29 · CVE-2017-6196

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ghostscript versions prior to ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283

Description The issue is related to multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx image enum begin function. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted PostScript document, potentially causing a denial of service (application crash) or having other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Ghostscript versions prior to ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283, update to a version that includes the fix for the use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx image enum begin function.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6196

MGASA-2017-0430

Affected Products

Ghostscript

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6196 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6196 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0430.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2QUCMGMEGU4TK3I5424ZFZYFJHEQRF4P · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22052 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96428 · Note
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037899 · Note