CVE-2018-17961

Public Exploit

Description

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

Category

8.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.52% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816 third party advisory permissions required
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17961?
CVE-2018-17961 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17961?
To fix CVE-2018-17961, 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-2018-17961 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-17961 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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