Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.22~dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GHOSTSCRIPT-529075
  • published12 May 2017
  • disclosed12 May 2017

Introduced: 12 May 2017

CVE-2017-8908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 ghostscript to version 9.22~dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.