CVE-2017-9618

NameCVE-2017-9618
DescriptionThe xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs869879

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ghostscript (PTS)buster9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u5fixed
buster (security)9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u9fixed
bullseye9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u6fixed
bullseye (security)9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u5fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u3fixed
trixie10.02.1~dfsg-3fixed
sid10.03.0~dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ghostscriptsourcewheezy(not affected)
ghostscriptsourcejessie(not affected)
ghostscriptsource(unstable)9.22~dfsg-1unimportant869879

Notes

[jessie] - ghostscript <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - ghostscript <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
The Debian binary package is not affected xps/ not used
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698044
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=3c2aebbedd37fab054e80f2e315de07d7e9b5bdb

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