CVE-2018-10194
Published: 18 April 2018
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
upstream |
Needs triage
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xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8)
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artful |
Released
(9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3.1)
|
|
bionic |
Released
(9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12)
|
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=39b1e54b2968620723bf32e96764c88797714879 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |