Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References (9)
Core 9
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/
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655
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=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498
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/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0150
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
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 (8)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.24
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
Published
Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026