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Vulnerability details: VCID-apch-rzbr-akd6
Vulnerability ID VCID-apch-rzbr-akd6
Aliases CVE-2017-9740
Summary ghostscript: Heap-buffer over-read in the xps_decode_font_char_imp function
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 1.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9740.json
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
epss 0.00416 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9740.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9740
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9740
1475836 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475836
869879 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=869879
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9740.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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unchanged

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60847
EPSS Score 0.00416
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:51:54.382483+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9740.json 37.0.0