CVE-2018-17961

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.6
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-17961
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-10-15T16:29:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-209 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/209.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.25
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.6
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a6807394bd94 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a5a9bf8c6a63 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a54c9e61e7d0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17961
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17961
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 13:20:27 2018-10-15T16:29Z 2018-10-15T16:29:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 13:20:27 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 13:20:27 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated