CVE-2018-19409

high-risk
Published 2018-11-21

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.

Do I need to act?

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10.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 90% of all CVEs
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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
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (12)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d6795...
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
Release Notes https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d6795...
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
Release Notes https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate