CVE-2017-9835

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

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-190

Affected software

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

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cfde94be1d4286bc47633c6e6eaf4e659bd78066
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99991Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697985Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cfde94be1d4286bc47633c6e6eaf4e659bd78066
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3986Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99991Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697985Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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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