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CVE-2018-17183
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply…
High7.8EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- USN-3773-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3834 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180930 [SECURITY] [DLA 1527-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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