CVE-2018-17961
HIGHArtifex Ghostscript < 9.25 - Error Information Exposure
Title source: ruleDescription
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
Exploits (2)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2
Scores
CVSS v3
8.6
EPSS
0.1133
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-209
Status
published
Products (13)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.25
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
... and 3 more
Published
Oct 15, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026