FKIE_CVE-2018-15909
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-27 17:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:43
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | |
| artifex | ghostscript | * | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | * | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.6 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | |
| pulsesecure | pulse_connect_secure | * | |
| pulsesecure | pulse_connect_secure | * | |
| pulsesecure | pulse_connect_secure | * |
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