What is the severity of CVE-2017-6196?

CVE-2017-6196 has been classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6196?

To mitigate CVE-2017-6196, update Ghostscript to the latest version that includes the patch for this vulnerability.

What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2017-6196?

CVE-2017-6196 can be exploited through crafted PostScript documents that trigger the use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Which software versions are affected by CVE-2017-6196?

CVE-2017-6196 affects Ghostscript versions prior to the commit ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283.

Are there any known impacts of CVE-2017-6196 beyond application crashes?

While the primary impact of CVE-2017-6196 is a denial of service, there may be unspecified other impacts due to the nature of the vulnerability.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-6196

high

7.8

CWE

416

24/2/2017

5/8/2024

CVE-2017-6196: Use After Free

First published: Fri Feb 24 2017(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Ghostscript	<=8452f9238959a4d518af365812bf031fe4d8d4b7

Remedy

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;h=ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283

Remedy

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697596

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 has been classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6196?
To mitigate CVE-2017-6196, update Ghostscript to the latest version that includes the patch for this vulnerability.
What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 can be exploited through crafted PostScript documents that trigger the use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 affects Ghostscript versions prior to the commit ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283.
Are there any known impacts of CVE-2017-6196 beyond application crashes?
While the primary impact of CVE-2017-6196 is a denial of service, there may be unspecified other impacts due to the nature of the vulnerability.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 has been classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to its potential to cause application crashes.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6196?
To mitigate CVE-2017-6196, update Ghostscript to the latest version that includes the patch for this vulnerability.
What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 can be exploited through crafted PostScript documents that trigger the use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Which software versions are affected by CVE-2017-6196?
CVE-2017-6196 affects Ghostscript versions prior to the commit ecceafe3abba2714ef9b432035fe0739d9b1a283.
Are there any known impacts of CVE-2017-6196 beyond application crashes?
While the primary impact of CVE-2017-6196 is a denial of service, there may be unspecified other impacts due to the nature of the vulnerability.