CVE-2018-19478

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-19478
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-02 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1620-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff git.ghostscript.com
History of Ghostscript versions 9.n CONFIRM www.ghostscript.com Release Notes
Access Denied CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commitdiff CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
1655607 – (CVE-2018-19478) CVE-2018-19478 ghostscript: Attempting to open a carefully crafted PDF file results in long-running computation (699856) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671112 EulerOS Security Update for ghostscript (EulerOS-SA-2019-2370)
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