CVSS 3.1
6.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2018-18073
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- artifex:ghostscript
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=34cc326eb2c5695833361887fe0b32e8d987741c
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149758/Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690