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CVE-2018-15909 Details

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b CVE
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-15909
NVD Published Date:
Aug 27, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-15909 Details - Not Deferred