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    CVE-2017-9620

    The xps_select_font_encoding 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, related to the xps_encode_font_char_imp function.

    Published:Jun 13, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jul 26, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00382
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript Ghostxps

    Exploits

    https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698050https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698050

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers
    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2017-9740 (CVSS 7.8) — The xps_decode_font_char_imp function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote atta…
    CVE-2017-9739 (CVSS 7.8) — The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause…
    CVE-2017-9726 (CVSS 7.8) — The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause…
    CVE-2017-9727 (CVSS 7.8) — The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers …
    CVE-2017-9612 (CVSS 7.8) — The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a…
    CVE-2017-9610 (CVSS 7.8) — The xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers …
    CVE-2017-9618 (CVSS 7.8) — The xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers …
    CVE-2017-9619 (CVSS 7.8) — The xps_true_callback_glyph_name function in xps/xpsttf.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote a…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High