5.5

CVE-2018-19478: artifex ghostscript Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-19478DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19478
Published 02-01-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19478 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.89%
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 2
DLA-1620-1DSA-4346-1

Timeline

  1. 02-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.89% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Debian2 products
Artifex1 product
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

3 vendors · 4 products

References

9 links