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CVE-2017-8908

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The mark_line_tr function in gxscanc.c in Artifex Ghostscript 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted PostScript document.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: 9.21

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98427
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697810
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98427
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697810

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