CVE-2017-6196

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in base/gxipixel.c in Ghostscript before ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PostScript document.

Published: 2017-02-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-6196 is rated Moderate Risk (59.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.81%). EPSS rose +1.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-6196

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.37% 1.81% +1.44%
2 2025-11-21 0.63% 0.37% -0.26%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.63% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-6196

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-6196

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-6196

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-6196 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6196
gentoo normal CVE-2017-6196: 1 GLSA(s) (201708-06), 1 atom(s) (app-text/ghostscript-gpl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-6196
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6196
suse medium CVE-2017-6196 severity moderate: SUSE including 11 source package names (ghostscript, ghostscript-devel, …), 23 product×package rows across 9 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for Teradata, … (9 product lines)): Known Not Affected 23. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6196/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-6196 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 3, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6196

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-6196

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex afpl_ghostscript <= 8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-6196

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