CVE-2018-19409
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.83% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- 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 workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346Third Party Advisory
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.