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CVE-2017-11714

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11714 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 and related Debian Linux distributions. It stems from an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function, triggered by mishandling scanner state references in psi/ztoken.c when processing a crafted PostScript document. Rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSSv3), this vulnerability can lead to an application crash, with potential for other unspecified impacts, and requires user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript: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
2.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0230 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-11714Low

ghostscript: Out of bounds read in igc_reloc_struct_ptr()

Jul 1, 2017

References

git.ghostscript.com
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3986
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1039233
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry