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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.6
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade libgsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade libgs-devel | Feb 22, 2021 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfo | Dec 20, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ghostscript | Nov 11, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Ghostscript | — | Upgrade to Ghostscript version 9.25 | Nov 27, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | Feb 22, 2019 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | Feb 15, 2019 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscript | Jan 9, 2019 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript/fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-std to version 8.11-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript to version 9.26-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript/fonts/gnu-gs-fonts-other to version 6.0-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript-core to version 9.26-11.4.5.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade print/filter/ghostscript to version 9.26-0.175.3.36.0.10.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Feb 20, 2019 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-cupsUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscript-devel | Dec 18, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ghostscript-gtkUpgrade ghostscript-debuginfoUpgrade ghostscript-develNo solution existsUpgrade ghostscript-docUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-cups | Dec 18, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ghostscript-mini-develUpgrade ghostscript-develUpgrade ghostscriptUpgrade ghostscript-x11Upgrade libspectre1Upgrade ghostscript-miniUpgrade libspectre-devel | Dec 13, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ghostscriptUpgrade libgs9 | Nov 7, 2018 | Oct 15, 2018 |
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