CVE-2017-6196
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.018 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (2)
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references (12)
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- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283cnnvd
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596cnnvd
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96428enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037899enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06enisa_euvd
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283nvd
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