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CVE-2018-15911 Details

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator 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=8e9ce5016db968b40e4ec255a3005f2786cce45f CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699665 CVEPermissions RequiredVendor 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-908Use of Uninitialized Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-15911
NVD Published Date:
Aug 28, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-15911 Details - Not Deferred