Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2018-15911
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator 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 (87.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% 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, 9.0
- 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
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15911?
- CVE-2018-15911 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-28.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15911?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.