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CVE-2018-19478 Details

Description

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

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace CVE
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm CVERelease Notes

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex ghostscript
< 9.26

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19478
NVD Published Date:
Jan 2, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-19478 Details - Not Deferred