Denial of Service Vulnerability in Artifex GSView on Windows
CVE-2017-14946

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex
Status
Gsview
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 September 2017

What is CVE-2017-14946?

Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta for Windows is susceptible to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted PDF files. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability, which causes instability in the application. The root cause relates to improper handling of data concerning faulting addresses, leading to unexpected behavior when the software attempts to manipulate these PDF files.

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698538
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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