PT-2017-19146

CVE-2017-9739

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Published

2017-07-26

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Updated

2019-10-03

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21
Description The issue is related to the Ins JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c, which 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.
Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS version 9.21, consider disabling the Ins JMPR function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to crafted documents to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
DLA-1048-1
DSA-3986-1
MGASA-2017-0355
SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1
SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1
USN-3403-1
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