CVE-2018-15909 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-08-27 17:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-16 23:15:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

Artifex Ghostscript

Artifex GPL Ghostscript

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Telecommunications Update Service (TUS) 7.6

7.6

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

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