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CVE-2018-10194

Publication date 18 April 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3636-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 30 April 2018

Other references