CVE-2018-19475

Publication date 23 November 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

psi/zdevice2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because available stack space is not checked when the device remains the same.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3831-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 29 November 2018

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