CVE-2018-10194

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 18 Apr 2018, 21:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 07:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.65% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Apr 2018, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 07:32
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
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.65%• Percentile: 71%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Ghostscript

    ≤ 9.22

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04 | 17.10 | 18.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    7.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus

    7.5 | 7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    7.7

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    7.0

References (7)