Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript-cups package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.29% (70th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTCUPS-1990642
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 15 Jun 2017
Introduced: 15 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-9740 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ghostscript-cups.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-cups package and not the ghostscript-cups package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The xps_decode_font_char_imp function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99983
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=961b10cdd71403072fb99401a45f3bef6ce53626
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698064
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9740
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=961b10cdd71403072fb99401a45f3bef6ce53626