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CVE-2017-9727

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows...

7.8 HighFix available

CVE-2017-9727 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps, published July 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.53%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in ghostscript 9.22~dfsg-1.

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.53%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
CVE-2017-9727
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
CVE-2017-9727
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18658 No score

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
EUVD-2017-18658
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wc22-rp5h-f6hw 7.8

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows...

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
GHSA-wc22-rp5h-f6hw
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-9727 7.8

CVE-2017-9727 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-9727
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
CVE-2017-9727
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-9727 7.8

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9727
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-9727 7.8

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9727
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0355 No score

Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerabilities

The Ins_MIRP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9611)

The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9612)

The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9726)

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9727)

The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9739)

The gs_alloc_ref_array function in psi/ialloc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document. This is related to a lack of an integer overflow check in base/gsalloc.c. (CVE-2017-9835)

psi/ztoken.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 mishandles references to the scanner state structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c. (CVE-2017-11714)

Record
MGASA-2017-0355
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0407-1 No score

Security update for ghostscript

This update for ghostscript fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-9835: The gs_alloc_ref_array function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1050879).
  • CVE-2017-9216: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c which allowed for DoS (bsc#1040643).
  • CVE-2016-10317: The fill_threshhold_buffer function in base/gxht_thresh.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1032230).
  • CVE-2017-9612: The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050891).
  • CVE-2017-9726: The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050889).
  • CVE-2017-9727: The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050888).
  • CVE-2017-9739: The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050887).
  • CVE-2017-11714: psi/ztoken.c mishandled references to the scanner state structure, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c (bsc#1051184).
  • CVE-2016-10219: The intersect function in base/gxfill.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file (bsc#1032138).
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0407-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1140-1 No score

Security update for ghostscript-library

This update for ghostscript-library fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7207: The mem_get_bits_rectangle function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1030263).
  • CVE-2016-9601: Prevent heap-buffer overflow by checking for an integer overflow in jbig2_image_new function (bsc#1018128).
  • CVE-2017-9612: The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050891)
  • CVE-2017-9726: The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050889)
  • CVE-2017-9727: The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050888)
  • CVE-2017-9739: The Ins_JMPR function in base/ttinterp.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document (bsc#1050887)
  • CVE-2017-11714: psi/ztoken.c mishandled references to the scanner state structure, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document, related to an out-of-bounds read in the igc_reloc_struct_ptr function in psi/igc.c (bsc#1051184)
  • CVE-2017-9835: The gs_alloc_ref_array function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document (bsc#1050879)
  • CVE-2016-10219: The intersect function in base/gxfill.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted file (bsc#1032138)
  • CVE-2017-9216: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get function in jbig2_huffman.c which allowed for DoS (bsc#1040643)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1140-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3403-1 No score

ghostscript vulnerabilities

Kamil Frankowicz discovered that Ghostscript mishandles references. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11714)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered that Ghostscript could allow a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash. A remote attacker could use a crafted document to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9611, CVE-2017-9726, CVE-2017-9727, CVE-2017-9739)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered an use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript. A remote attacker could use a crafted file to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9612)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered a lack of integer overflow check in Ghostscript. A remote attacker could use crafted PostScript document to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9835)

Record
USN-3403-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ghostscript
Debian:12
before 9.22~dfsg-1
9.22~dfsg-1
ghostscript
Debian:13
before 9.22~dfsg-1
9.22~dfsg-1
ghostscript
Debian:14
before 9.22~dfsg-1
9.22~dfsg-1
ghostscript
Debian:7
before 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u7, plus listed versions
9.05~dfsg-6.39.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u19.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u29.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u39.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u49.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u59.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u6
9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u7
ghostscript
Debian:8
before 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u6, plus listed versions
9.06~dfsg-29.06~dfsg-2+deb8u19.06~dfsg-2+deb8u29.06~dfsg-2+deb8u39.06~dfsg-2+deb8u49.06~dfsg-2+deb8u5
9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u6
ghostscript
Debian:9
before 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u1, plus listed versions
9.20~dfsg-3.2
9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u1
ghostscript
Mageia:5
before 9.20-1.1.mga5
9.20-1.1.mga5
ghostscript
Mageia:6
before 9.20-3.1.mga6
9.20-3.1.mga6
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 9.15-23.7.1
9.15-23.7.1
ghostscript-library
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 8.62-32.47.7.1
8.62-32.47.7.1
ghostscript-library
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 8.62-32.47.7.1
8.62-32.47.7.1
ghostscript-library
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 8.62-32.47.7.1
8.62-32.47.7.1
ghostscript
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10, plus listed versions
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu29.10~dfsg-0ubuntu39.10~dfsg-0ubuntu49.10~dfsg-0ubuntu59.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6
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9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu79.10~dfsg-0ubuntu89.10~dfsg-0ubuntu99.10~dfsg-0ubuntu109.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.19.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.29.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.39.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.49.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.59.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.69.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.79.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10
ghostscript
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7, plus listed versions
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu39.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu49.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu19.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu29.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.29.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.39.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.49.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7

History

History
WhenChangedSources
2026-11-03aliasesEUVD
2026-11-02createdCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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