vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-10194: Important: ghostscript security update (RHSA-2018:2918)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 18, 2018 | Oct 17, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 18, 2018
Added
Oct 17, 2018
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Solution(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-ghostscriptredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ghostscript-develredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-docredhat-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk
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