CVE-2018-15909

Summary

CVECVE-2018-15909
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-27 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-704

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3768-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database MISC www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507 CONFIRM support.f5.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Public KB - SA44101 - 2019-04: Out-of-Cycle Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities resolved in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.0RX CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Ghostscript 'shading_param' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
myF5 support.f5.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296090 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 5.1.3 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
  • 500206 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 503948 Alpine Linux Security Update for ghostscript
  • 710304 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12)
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