CVE-2018-17183 Information

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.

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=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/

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