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CVE-2018-15910
Published:August 27, 2018
Updated:May 17, 2026
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the LockDistillerParams parameter to crash the interpreter or execute code.
Related Resources (14)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-15910
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15910
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3476dde7743761a4e1d39a631716199b696b880
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699656
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15910
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
CWE-704
EPSS
Base Score:
4.83