CVE-2017-6196

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6196
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-24 04:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Afpl Ghostscript All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ghostscript 'base/gxipixel.c' Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Ghostscript Use-after-Free Memory Errors Let Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
697596 – Use-After-Free in i_free_object() CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710373 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201708-06)
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