CVE-2017-6196
published 2017-02-24CVE-2017-6196: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283…
PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.81%
77.0th percentile
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
Affected
4 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | <= 8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7 | — |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6 | 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3 | 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3 |
| debian | ghostscript | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
Stop checking back — get the weekly exploitation signal.
Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.
Red Hat
ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
vendor_redhat·2017-02-20·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CWE-416 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2017-6196: ghostscript - Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in b...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6196: ghostscript - Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in b...
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved
sid: resolved
trixie: resolved
GHSA
GHSA-2ch2-m5qc-grp2: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CWE-416 GHSA-2ch2-m5qc-grp2: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
OSV
CVE-2017-6196: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel
osv·2017-02-24·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6196: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-02-28·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue a
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
bugzilla·2017-02-28·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-6196 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
CVE-2017-6196 ghostscript: Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in gx_image_enum_begin function
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
Upstream bug:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596
Upstream patch:
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283
Discussion:
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1427442]
---
RHEL-7 and earlier versions are not affected : The double-free is a side effect of the upstream commit cffb5712b (http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
2017-02-24
Published