CVE-2018-17183 Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.25~dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published20 Jul 2026
- disclosed19 Sept 2018
Introduced: 19 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-17183 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest ghostscript to version 9.25~dfsg-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 Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.
References
- https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-17183
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17183
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/