CVE-2017-9612 (GCVE-0-2017-9612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:11
VLAI
Summary
The Ins_IP function in base/ttinterp.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2017-07-26 00:00
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