vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-15909) Code Execution
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 27, 2018 | Oct 10, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 27, 2018
Added
Oct 10, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Solution
ghostscript-upgrade-9_24
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