CVE-2018-15909

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-08-27 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-08-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass
• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bb4db0b9aaaf231edbca2a2da17c3e2a91c54224f03519230781a8e4f613eb99

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3650https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3768-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com105178http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522bx_refsource_MISC
• www.kb.cert.orghttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• kb.pulsesecure.nethttps://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSSx_refsource_CONFIRM