ALPINE-CVE-2018-15908

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CVE-2018-15908
Published: 27 Aug 2018, 17:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:42

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

27 Aug 2018, 17:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.

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

    < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0 | < 9.24-r0

References (1)