| Name | CVE-2017-9740 |
| Description | The xps_decode_font_char_imp 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 869879 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ghostscript (PTS) | bullseye | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u11 | fixed |
| bookworm | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u8 | fixed |
| trixie | 10.05.1~dfsg-1 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 10.05.1~dfsg-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky | 10.05.1~dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 10.06.0~dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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=698064
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=961b10cdd71403072fb99401a45f3bef6ce53626