PT-2017-19207 · Artifex+2 · Artifex Ghostscript+2

Kim Gwan Yeong · Published 2017-07-26 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-9835

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 version 9.21

Description The issue is related to a lack of an integer overflow check, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service, which includes a heap-based buffer overflow and application crash, via a crafted PostScript document.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript version 9.21, consider updating to a newer version that includes the necessary integer overflow check to prevent the heap-based buffer overflow and application crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9835

DLA-1048-1

DSA-3986-1

MGASA-2017-0355

SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1

USN-3403-1

Affected Products

Artifex Ghostscript

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 51

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697985 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9611 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3986-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0355 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9835 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9835 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1 · Vendor Advisory