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CVE-2018-10194

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Date: April 18, 2018

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (12)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10194
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=39b1e54b2968620723bf32e96764c88797714879
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10194
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10194
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10194
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-10194

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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