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CVE-2018-15910

high

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.

References

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-7766

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699656

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3476dde7743761a4e1d39a631716199b696b880

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-08-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.05401