PT-2017-19147 · Artifex · Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps

Kim Gwan Yeong · Published 2017-07-26 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9740

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 Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21

Description The issue is related to the xps decode font char imp function in xps/xpsfont.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted document.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21, consider disabling the xps decode font char imp function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted documents to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9740

MGASA-2017-0430

Affected Products

Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps

References · 12

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698064 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9740 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0430.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/2QUCMGMEGU4TK3I5424ZFZYFJHEQRF4P · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0430 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99983 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22052 · Note
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=961b10cdd71403072fb99401a45f3bef6ce53626 · Note