CVE-2018-18073
MEDIUMArtifex Ghostscript < 9.25 - Sandbox Protection Bypass via Exposed System Operators
Title source: llmDescription
Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12
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
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
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