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Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-18073
Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism...
Vulnerability Description
Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.html
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ghostscript, debian linux, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0, 9.0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, 7.0, 7.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 15th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.