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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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