Critical severity · published Nov 21, 2018
CVE-2018-19409
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26
9.8
CVSS
7.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 9.26 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19409
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
git.ghostscript.com
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
Mitigation
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
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