VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-19409
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 7.83%
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 · 94th percentile
- 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
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. Refreshed daily.