CVE-2018-19478
Published: January 2, 2019Last modified: November 9, 2023
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack Vector | LOCAL |
Attack complexity | LOW |
Privileges required | NONE |
User interaction | REQUIRED |
Scope | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality | NONE |
Integrity impact | NONE |
Availability impact | HIGH |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
Product | Release | Package | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
Stream | ghostscript | Not affected (10.01.2-r0) |
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm