CVE-2017-9727: Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The gx_ttfReader__Read function in base/gxttfb.c in Artifex Ghostscript GhostXPS 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript Ghostxps: version 9.21 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2017-07-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.