Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2018-19409
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.078 (94.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.078 · newest: 0.078 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- 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 Workstation — versions 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19409?
- CVE-2018-19409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-11-21.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19409?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-19409 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.