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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-19475) Failure to check stack space when device remains the same leads to remote bypass of access restrictions

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-19475) Failure to check stack space when device remains the same leads to remote bypass of access restrictions

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/23/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/27/2018
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

psi/zdevice2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because available stack space is not checked when the device remains the same.

Solution(s)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-9_26

References

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