CVE-2018-15909

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.53% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178 third party advisory vdb entry
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 patch third party advisory us government resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 third party advisory patch
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-15909?
CVE-2018-15909 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-15909?
To fix CVE-2018-15909, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-15909 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-15909 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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