Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-GHOSTSCRIPT-382026
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed27 Aug 2018

Introduced: 27 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ghostscript to version 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2 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 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.