7.8

CVE-2018-15908: artifex ghostscript

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-15908UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15908DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15908
Published 27-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-15908 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 6
DLA-1504-1DSA-4288-1MGASA-2018-0378OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1RHSA-2018:3650SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1

Timeline

  1. 27-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.92% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat5 products
Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.24-r0
Artifex1 product
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13 | < 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9 | < 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2

6 vendors · 11 products

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