ALPINE-CVE-2018-17961

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CVE-2018-17961
Published: 15 Oct 2018, 16:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:43

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
34/100
CVSS Score
8.6 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Oct 2018, 16:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:43
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ghostscript

    < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1 | < 9.25-r1

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