CVE-2018-10194 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=39b1e54b2968620723bf32e96764c88797714879 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8