CVE-2018-18073: artifex ghostscript

Modified

AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-18073UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18073DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18073

Published 15-10-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-18073 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

6.3/10

010

Medium · v3.1 (NVD)

EPSS score

2.73%

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 9 · Related 5

DLA-1552-1 DSA-4336-1 MGASA-2018-0408 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 RHSA-2018:3834 SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1+3 more

Timeline

15-10-2018
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

v3.16.3v3.06.3v2.04.3

EPSS trend

Probability

2.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.73% 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

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorThe product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Redhat6 products

Show all 6

Debian2 products

ghostscript< 9.25~dfsg-3
debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0

Alpine1 product

ghostscript< 9.25-r1

Artifex1 product

ghostscript≤ 9.25

Canonical1 product

ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

Ubuntu1 product

ghostscript< 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 | < 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

6 vendors · 12 products

References

15 links

packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.htmlX Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIANThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory
bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741cX Refsource CONFIRM
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-18073Advisory

Show all 15 references

ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18073REPORT
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3803-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18073REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18073Advisory