VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-19478
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.89% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htmRelease Notes
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htmRelease Notes
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.