What is CVE-2017-14947?

CVE-2017-14947 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Gsview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-14947?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Gsview

CVE-2017-14947

Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, related to a "Read Access Violation on Block Data Move starting at mupdfnet64!mIncrementalSaveFile+0x0000000000193359."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.012 (67.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Gsview — versions 6.0
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14947?: CVE-2017-14947 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Gsview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-14947?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.