CVE-2018-17183

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

1.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 78.4% 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

2018-09-19 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:39Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-460Improper Cleanup on Thrown ExceptionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b0254af5be028be1d2c761ded7d107ca1830e1f289bc63bea9277aa31e2303fe

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3773-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3834https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624x_refsource_MISC
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708x_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180930 [SECURITY] [DLA 1527-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST