CVE-2017-9727

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698056Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=937ccd17ac65935633b2ebc06cb7089b91e17e6b
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698056Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=937ccd17ac65935633b2ebc06cb7089b91e17e6b
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99999Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 26, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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