CVE-2017-11714

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11714
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-28 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:38:00 UTC
Descriptionpsi/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ghostscript Double Free Memory Error in tokenexec_continue() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3986-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
698158 – Ghostscript - Out of bounds read in igc_reloc_struct_ptr() CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671112 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2370)
  • 710304 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12)
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