ubuntu · CVE-2017-9727

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:42:00 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-9727 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ghostscript), 4 status rows across 4 suites (trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 3, needed 1.

Description:

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote 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.

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