Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
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/
Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699665
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e9ce5016db968b40e4ec255a3005f2786cce45f
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
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/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0270
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
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-908
Status
published
Products (14)
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
debian/debian_linux
9.0
pulsesecure/pulse_connect_secure
8.2r1.0 - 8.2r12.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
... and 4 more
Published
Aug 28, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026