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ubuntu-cve-2017-6196

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-02-24 04:59

Modified

2025-07-16 04:51

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6196	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6196	REPORT

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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    }
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  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:53Z"
}

CVE-2017-6196 (GCVE-0-2017-6196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-24 04:23 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

5 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ec…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2017-02-23 00:00

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Sightings

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ubuntu-cve-2017-6196

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-6196 (GCVE-0-2017-6196)

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