fkie_cve-2017-7948
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-04-19 14:59
Modified
2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Integer overflow in the mark_curve function in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8210a2864372723b49c526e2b102fdc00c9c4699
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697762Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8210a2864372723b49c526e2b102fdc00c9c4699
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697762Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript 9.21


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      "value": "Integer overflow in the mark_curve function in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document."
    },
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      "value": "Desbordamiento de entero en la funci\u00f3n mark_curve en Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (escritura fuera de l\u00edmites y ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a trav\u00e9s de un documento PostScript manipulado."
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  "id": "CVE-2017-7948",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-20T01:37:25.860",
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}


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