CVE-2017-6196

Multiple 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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596	Issue Tracking Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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Information

Published : 2017-02-24 04:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2017-6196

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6196

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6196

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

afpl_ghostscript

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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