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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-5951: ghostscript security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Apr 3, 2017

Added

Feb 3, 2021

Modified

Apr 1, 2026

Description

The mem_get_bits_rectangle function in base/gdevmem.c in Artifex Software, Inc. Ghostscript 9.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Solutions

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscripthuawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-ghostscript-cups

References

CVE-2017-5951
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5951
CWE-476
EULEROS-EulerOS-SA-2021-1193
EUVD-EUVD-2017-15021
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-15021

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