High severity · published Apr 19, 2017
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…
7.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
9.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7948
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7948
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8210a2864372723b49c526e2b102fdc00c9c4699
Exploit
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697762
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
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