CVE-2018-15911

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-28

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.

Do I need to act?

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2.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate 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
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (14)

Gpl Ghostscript

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex Pulsesecure

References (22)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e9ce5016db968b40e4ec2...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699665
Patch https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
Patch https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e9ce5016db968b40e4ec2...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699665
Patch https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
and 2 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate