CVE-2018-19478

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm	Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-01-02 10:29

Updated : 2019-01-11 07:52

NVD link : CVE-2018-19478

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19478

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

artifex

ghostscript

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