Bug 1475830 (CVE-2017-9726)

Summary: CVE-2017-9726 ghostscript: Heap-buffer over-read in the Ins_MDRP function
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 12:52:14 UTC
The Ins_MDRP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.22 allows 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.

Upstream patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=7755e67116e8973ee0e3b22d653df026a84fa01b

Upstream issue:

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698055

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-07-27 13:00:52 UTC
Created ghostscript tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1475838]