CVE-2018-19409
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.8% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.83% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-11-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (8)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| artifex | ghostscript |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| redhat | enterprise linux server eus |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
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