Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-8908 (CCN-125958)

Assigned:2017-04-29
Published:2017-04-29
Updated:2017-05-23
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-125
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-8908

Source: CCN
Type: ghostpdl GIT Repository
Bug 697799: have .rsdparams check its parameters

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
98427

Source: CCN
Type: BID-98427
Ghostscript CVE-2017-8908 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Bugzilla – Bug 697810
Out of bounds read in mark_line_tr()

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697810

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
artifex-cve20178908-dos(125958)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:artifex:ghostscript:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20178908000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8908 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-05-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20178908000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8908 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-12
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201789080000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-8908 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-05-12
    BACK
    artifex ghostscript 9.21
    artifex ghostscript 9.21