CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-17183
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.
Affected configurations
• artifex ghostscript (< 9.25)
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 git.ghostscript.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 git.ghostscript.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ Third Party Advisory