CVE-2017-6196

Publication date 24 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

PoC in bug report

mdeslaur

introduced by http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=cffb5712bc10c2c2f46adf311fc74aaae74cb784

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
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

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