CVE-2017-5951

Debian Security Advisory 3838-1

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

La función mem_get_bits_rectangle en base/gdevmem.c en Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (referencia al puntero NULL y caída de la aplicación) a través de un archivo manipulado.

It was discovered that Ghostscript improperly handled parameters to the rsdparams and eqproc commands. An attacker could use these to craft a malicious document that could disable -dSAFER protections, thereby allowing the execution of arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service. Kamil Frankowicz discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the color management module of Ghostscript. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-02-09 CVE Reserved
2017-04-03 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98665	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838	2017-11-04
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06	2017-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Artifex Search vendor "Artifex"		Ghostscript Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript"				9.20 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript" and version "9.20"		-		Affected