CVE-2018-15909

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In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers ab

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.02086

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

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Affected Products & Versions

debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
artifex ghostscript<= 9.23
artifex gpl ghostscript< 9.26
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
Show all 13 affected productsredhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 8.2r1.0 and < 8.2r12.1
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 8.3r1 and < 8.3r7.1
pulsesecure pulse connect secure>= 9.0r1 and < 9.0r3.4

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Scoring & Timeline

7.8

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD27 Aug 2018 · 05:29 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:2975-3
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:2975-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:2975-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:2976-1
Show all 7 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-3768-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:3650Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101PatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory

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https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&amp

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

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