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CVE-2017-9620
The xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document, related to the xps_encode_font_char_imp function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- GLSA-201811-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 99990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3ee55637480d5e319a5de0481b01c3346855cbc9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698050 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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