CVE-2018-17961
ghostscript - security update
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 10.5%
Description
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.
How to fix CVE-2018-17961
To remediate CVE-2018-17961, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.25-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.25~dfsg-3 or later
- —upgrade to 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u11 or later
Is CVE-2018-17961 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 10.5%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 9.25-r1
- from 0, < 9.25~dfsg-3
- from 0, < 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |