7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-6196
Ghostscript Use-After-Free Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 24, 2017, 4:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-6196 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Artifex afpl_ghostscript

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-6196 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899
    Added Reference https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.62 }} -0.12%

score

0.78680

percentile

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