What is CVE-2017-8908?

CVE-2017-8908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-8908?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Artifex Ghostscript

CVE-2017-8908

The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Artifex Ghostscript — versions 9.21

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98427 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8908?: CVE-2017-8908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-8908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.