CVE-2017-9612

7.8 highEPSS 2.5%

High (7.8). EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 84% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2017-07-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

artifex:ghostscript_ghostxps
debian:debian_linux

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=98f6da60b9d463c617e631fc254cf6d66f2e8e3c
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99979
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698026
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

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