ALPINE-CVE-2018-10194

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CVE-2018-10194
Published: 18 Apr 2018, 21:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Apr 2018, 21:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ghostscript

    < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0 | < 9.23-r0

  • alpine•wireshark

    < 2.2.14-r0

References (1)