CVE-2018-19478 — Improper Input Validation in Ghostscript

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Artifex GhostscriptDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 2
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fcmg-pjrg-hphj: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-19478: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2019-01-02
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OSV
CVE-2018-19478: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2019-01-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ghostscript: Attempting to open a carefully crafted PDF file results in long-running computation (699856)↗2018-11-20
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Debian
CVE-2018-19478: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19478 ghostscript: Attempting to open a carefully crafted PDF file results in long-running computation (699856) [fedora-all]↗2018-12-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-19478 ghostscript: Attempting to open a carefully crafted PDF file results in long-running computation (699856)↗2018-12-03
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