Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2018-15909
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
- Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus — versions 7.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15909?
- CVE-2018-15909 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-27.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15909?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.