CVE-2018-15909

7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 August 2018

Summary

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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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