CVE-2017-9727

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a crafted document. This is due to a problem in the gx ttfReader Read function in base/gxttfb.c.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the issue in the gx ttfReader Read function to prevent the heap-based buffer over-read and application crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.