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Unscored USN-3403-1 7 CVEs

ghostscript vulnerabilities

Published Aug 28, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Kamil Frankowicz discovered that Ghostscript mishandles references.
A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-11714)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered that Ghostscript could allow a heap-based buffer
over-read and application crash. A remote attacker could use a crafted
document to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9611, CVE-2017-9726,
CVE-2017-9727, CVE-2017-9739)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered an use-after-free vulnerability in Ghostscript.
A remote attacker could use a crafted file to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-9612)

Kim Gwan Yeong discovered a lack of integer overflow check in Ghostscript.
A remote attacker could use crafted PostScript document to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2017-9835)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS ghostscript 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9611
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9612
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9726
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9727
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9739
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9835
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11714