CVE-2017-9835 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 and related Debian Ghostscript versions, stemming from a missing integer overflow check. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by processing a specially crafted PostScript document. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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