CVE-2018-17183
N/A
Published: September 19, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 9.25
Affected range stops below 9.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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