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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

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8)
artful
Released (9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3.1)
bionic
Released (9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1)
trusty
Released (9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12)
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