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CVE-2018-15909

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Published: Aug 27, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.3 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15909
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html

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.

Weakness

The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.1*
GhostscriptUbuntubionic*
GhostscriptUbuntudevel*
GhostscriptUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
GhostscriptUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
GhostscriptUbuntutrusty*
GhostscriptUbuntuupstream*
GhostscriptUbuntuxenial*

References

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