CVE-2018-17183

high

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-09-19

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