CVE-2017-7207
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 9.20~dfsg-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | 9.20 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?309eca4e0a31ea70dcc844812691439312dad091
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96995
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039071
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2180
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697676
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7207.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7207
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.