DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9740

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9740 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

The xps_decode_font_char_imp function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	ghostscript	0
Debian:13	ghostscript	0
Debian:12	ghostscript	0

Timeline

Jul 26, 2017 CVE Published
Sep 1, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9740 advisory

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