CVE-2018-15909
Published: 27 August 2018
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2)
|
precise |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was released [9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13])
|
|
upstream |
Released
(9.22~dfsg-3)
|
|
xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9)
|
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
mdeslaur | CVE-2018-16585 patches need to be applied first |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15909
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian