CVE-2017-9618

HIGH 7.8CVE-2017-9618 · Published 26/07/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-9618 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting ghostscript ghostxps (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ghostscript ghostxps artifex	`= 9.21`	No fix yet

Description

The xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

References

git.ghostscript.com
securityfocus.com/bid/99993 · Third Party Advisory
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

ghostscript ghostxps

artifex

= 9.21

No fix yet

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