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TI-2017-04059 Aliases CVE-2017-6196GHSA-2ch2-m5qc-grp2

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the gx_image_enum_begin function in…

Priority LOW 38CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01809 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7VulnerableArtifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6196
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2ch2-m5qc-grp2

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2009-04653 Buffer overflow in gs/psi/iscan.c in Ghostscript 8.64 and earlier allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-03564 Off-by-one error in the Ins_MINDEX function in the TrueType bytecode interpreter in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2015-02857 Integer overflow in the gs_heap_alloc_bytes function in base/gsmalloc.c in Ghostscript… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2010-01970 Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2013-04820 The getenv and filenameforall functions in Ghostscript 9.10 ignore the "-dSAFER"… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2010-03842 The gs_type2_interpret function in Ghostscript allows remote attackers to cause a denial… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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