CVE-2017-5951 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Ghostscript

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.20~dfsg-3.1+3

Patches

Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗Patch: bugs.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-chwm-vq5f-3r66: The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-5951: The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem↗2017-04-03
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CVEList
CVE-2017-5951: The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem↗2017-04-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2017-04-28
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Red Hat
ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the mem_get_bits_rectangle function↗2017-02-03
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Debian
CVE-2017-5951: ghostscript - The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. ...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5951 ghostscript: NULL pointer dereference in the mem_get_bits_rectangle function↗2017-04-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-10217 CVE-2016-10218 CVE-2016-10219 CVE-2016-10220 CVE-2016-10317 CVE-2017-5951 ghostscript: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-04-12
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