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CVE-2017-5951

Date: April 3, 2017

The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5951
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98665
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5951
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697548
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5951
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-5951

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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