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CVE-2017-9612

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9612 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Ins_IP function of Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21, affecting Artifex and Debian Linux distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can be triggered remotely via a crafted document, leading to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. While the attack complexity is low, user interaction is required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript_ghostxps:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0246 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9612Low

ghostscript: Use-after-free in the Ins_IP function

Jun 12, 2017

References

git.ghostscript.com
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3986
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99979
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry