VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-18073
Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.
MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 2.73%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.73% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.