NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.20~dfsg-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-GHOSTSCRIPT-381773
  • published21 Mar 2017
  • disclosed21 Mar 2017

Introduced: 21 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-7207  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 ghostscript to version 9.20~dfsg-3 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document.