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Vulnerability details: VCID-vygn-7965-vfdm
Vulnerability ID VCID-vygn-7965-vfdm
Aliases CVE-2004-1717
Summary Multiple buffer overflows in the psscan function in ps.c for gv (ghostview) allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Postscript file with a long (1) BoundingBox, (2) comment, (3) Orientation, (4) PageOrder, or (5) Pages value.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.2
Risk 0.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
epss 0.25314 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2004-1717.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-1717
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1717
OSVDB-15970;CVE-2004-1717 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/390.c
OSVDB-15970;CVE-2004-1717 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/400.c
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Aug. 17, 2004
Description GV PostScript Viewer - Remote Buffer Overflow (2)
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Aug. 18, 2004
Exploit type remote
Platform linux
Source update date March 30, 2016
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.96162
EPSS Score 0.25314
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:01:13.698899+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2004-1717.json 38.0.0