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gx_image_enum_begin\nfunction in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before\necceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause\na denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified\nother impact via a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2017-6196)\n\nInteger overflow in the mark_curve function in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21\nallows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds\nwrite and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact\nvia a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2017-7948)\n\nThe mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21\nallows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds\nread) via a crafted PostScript document. (CVE-2017-8908)\n\nlibjbig2dec.a in Artifex jbig2dec 0.13, as used in MuPDF and\nGhostscript, has a NULL pointer dereference in the jbig2_huffman_get\nfunction in jbig2_huffman.c. For example, the jbig2dec utility will\ncrash (segmentation fault) when parsing an invalid file.\n(CVE-2017-9216)\n\nThe xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript\nGhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9610)\n\nThe xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript\nGhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service\n(buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified\nother impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9618)\n\nThe xps_true_callback_glyph_name function in xps/xpsttf.c in Artifex\nGhostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of\nservice (Segmentation Violation and application crash) via a crafted\nfile. (CVE-2017-9619)\n\nThe xps_select_font_encoding function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex\nGhostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of\nservice (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly\nhave unspecified other impact via a crafted document, related to the\nxps_encode_font_char_imp function. (CVE-2017-9620)\n\nThe xps_decode_font_char_imp function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex\nGhostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of\nservice (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly\nhave unspecified other impact via a crafted document. (CVE-2017-9740)\n","status":"published","published":"2017-11-29T18:52:42Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:30.248526743Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.442238Z"}]}}