CVE-2017-6196 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2017-6196?

CVE-2017-6196 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6196?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Artifex Afpl Ghostscript.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6196?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2017-6196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2009-3743 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2009-4897 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2010-2055 Path traversal in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2015-3228 Integer overflow in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2013-5653 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2ch2-m5qc-grp2.