CVE-2017-5951: Artifex Ghostscript

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: version 9.20 only

Published 2017-04-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.