Out-of-Bounds Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.22~dfsg-2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.91% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GHOSTSCRIPT-515030
  • published18 Apr 2018
  • disclosed18 Apr 2018

Introduced: 18 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 ghostscript to version 9.22~dfsg-2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.