Bug 1475827 (CVE-2017-9618)

Summary:	CVE-2017-9618 ghostscript: Buffer overflow in the xps_load_sfnt_name function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 12:48:45 UTC

The xps_load_sfnt_name function in xps/xpsfont.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Upstream patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=3c2aebbedd37fab054e80f2e315de07d7e9b5bdb

Upstream issue:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698044

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 13:01:17 UTC

Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475838]