CVE-2018-15909
Published: 27 August 2018
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | CVE-2018-16585 patches need to be applied first |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2)
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| trusty |
Released
(9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13)
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| upstream |
Released
(9.22~dfsg-3)
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| xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9)
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |