CVE-2018-10194
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.65%
Description
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
How to fix CVE-2018-10194
To remediate CVE-2018-10194, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 9.23-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.14-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 9.22~dfsg-2.1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u8 or later
Is CVE-2018-10194 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 9.23-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.14-r0
- from 0, < 9.22~dfsg-2.1
- from 0, < 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |