CVE-2018-19478

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-19478
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-01-02T18:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-01-11T15:52:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.26
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19478
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19478
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:48:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:57:12 2019-01-02T18:29Z 2019-01-02T18:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 15:57:12 2019-01-11T15:52:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 15:57:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated