Description
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 (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0302
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-704
Status
published
Products (13)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.23
artifex/gpl_ghostscript
< 9.26
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
pulsesecure/pulse_connect_secure
8.2r1.0 - 8.2r12.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
... and 3 more
Published
Aug 27, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026