CVE-2017-9620 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in the xps_select_font_encoding function of Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other impacts through a specially crafted document. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript_ghostxps:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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