CVE-2018-19409: artifex ghostscript
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-19409 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 7.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 8% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5Timeline
- 21-11-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
7.83%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.83% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat5 products
Debian2 products
- ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0 | 9.0
Alpine1 product
- ghostscript< 9.26-r0
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript< 9.26
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
6 vendors · 11 products
References
14 links
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party Advisory