NULL pointer dereference in Ghostscript - CVE-2017-5951
Published: May 25, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6708
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5951
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Ghostscript
Ghostscript
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the mem_get_bits_rectangle() function in base/gdevmem.c in Ghostscript. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the affected application and crash it.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the mem_get_bits_rectangle() function in base/gdevmem.c in Ghostscript. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the affected application and crash it.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5951
Update to version 9.21.