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CVE-2017-7948

Integer overflow in the mark_curve function in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.

Published

2017-04-19T14:59:00.663

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	9.21	Yes

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8210a2864372723b49c526e2b102fdc00c9c4699 ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697762 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8210a2864372723b49c526e2b102fdc00c9c4699 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697762 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)