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CVE-2017-9610

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.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.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps: 9.21

References

• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d2ab84732936b6e7e5a461dc94344902965e9a06
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99976
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698025
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d2ab84732936b6e7e5a461dc94344902965e9a06
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99976
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698025
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

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