CVE-2018-15910 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast in Ghostscript

CWE-704 — Incorrect Type Conversion or CastCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.8%
top 10.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Artifex GhostscriptArtifex GPL GhostscriptPulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure+6 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 27
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the LockDistillerParams parameter to crash the interpreter or execute code.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg-3+3
▶NVDpulsesecure/pulse_connect_secure8.2r1.0 — 8.2r12.1+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.5

Patches

Patch: kb.pulsesecure.net ↗Patch: www.kb.cert.org ↗Patch: kb.pulsesecure.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wx5g-j2w9-qx59: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-15910: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-08-27
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CVEList
CVE-2018-15910: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-08-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2018-09-19
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Red Hat
ghostscript: .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use↗2018-09-06
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Red Hat
ghostscript: LockDistillerParams type confusion (699656)↗2018-08-21
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Debian
CVE-2018-15910: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-15910 ghostscript: LockDistillerParams type confusion (699656) [fedora-all]↗2018-11-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-15910 ghostscript: LockDistillerParams type confusion (699656)↗2018-08-21
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