CVE-2017-6196
Published: 24 February 2017
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | PoC in bug report |
| mdeslaur | introduced by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=cffb5712bc10c2c2f46adf311fc74aaae74cb784 |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.4)
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| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6])
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3)
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| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(9.19~dfsg+1-0ubuntu6.3)
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |