CVE-2018-19478

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 02 Jan 2019, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 11:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.64% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Jan 2019, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 11:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.64%• Percentile: 71%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Ghostscript

    < 9.26

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

References (6)