CVE-2018-10194

moderate-risk
Published 2018-04-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.65% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (13)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex

References (14)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=39b1e54b2968620723bf32...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1/
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=39b1e54b2968620723bf32...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate