CVE-2017-8908
published 2017-05-12CVE-2017-8908: The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted…
PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.15%
63.1th percentile
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript | — | — |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-1 | 9.22~dfsg-1 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-1 | 9.22~dfsg-1 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-1 | 9.22~dfsg-1 |
| artifex | ghostscript | >= 0 < 9.22~dfsg-1 | 9.22~dfsg-1 |
| debian | ghostscript | < ghostscript 9.22~dfsg-1 (bookworm) | ghostscript 9.22~dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-wq9w-w8pf-99c8: The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-wq9w-w8pf-99c8: The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
OSV
CVE-2017-8908: The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc
osv·2017-05-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-8908: The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
Red Hat
ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
vendor_redhat·2017-04-29·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: ghostscript (Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-8908: ghostscript - The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-8908: ghostscript - The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote...
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 9.22~dfsg-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-05-16·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr 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 affects multiple supported ve
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
bugzilla·2017-05-16·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-8908 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
CVE-2017-8908 ghostscript: Out-of-bounds read in mark_line_tr function
The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.
Upstream bug:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697810
Discussion:
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1451250]
2017-05-12
Published