Out-of-bounds Read in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2017-11714
psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.21
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039233 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11714?
- CVE-2017-11714 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-28.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11714?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-11714 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.