CVE-2018-10194
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.65%ghostscript - security update
Published: 4/18/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.23-r0
- Alpine/wiresharkfrom 0, < 2.2.14-r0
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.22~dfsg-2.1
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.05~dfsg-6.3+deb7u8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |