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CVE-2018-18073

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 15, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/

CVSS

6.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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