CVE-2018-17183

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-19

Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.

Do I need to act?

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0.77% 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 (11)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex

References (10)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate