CVE-2017-9612
N/A
Published: July 26, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxGhostscript Ghostxps
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99979x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698026Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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