Improper Input Validation Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-381950
  • published7 Dec 2018
  • disclosed2 Jan 2019

Introduced: 7 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-19478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ghostscript to version 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.