CVE-2018-15908
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.32%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
How to fix CVE-2018-15908
To remediate CVE-2018-15908, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.24-r0 or later
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.22~dfsg-3 or later
- —upgrade to 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4 or later
Is CVE-2018-15908 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 9.24-r0
- from 0, < 9.22~dfsg-3
- from 0, < 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u4
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 |