{
    "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
    "published": "2018-10-15 16:29:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:46:36",
    "cvss_score": "8.6",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-209",
    "description": "Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.",
    "epss_score": "0.09980",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95473",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:20",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "artifex",
            "product": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_desktop"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server_aus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server_eus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_server_tus"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux_workstation"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "45573",
            "title": "ghostscript - executeonly Bypass with errorhandler Setup",
            "date": "2018-10-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0",
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63",
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834",
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2",
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/",
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0",
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63",
        "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834",
        "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2",
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/"
    ]
}