01 Record

CVE-2018-17961

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 9.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 95.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.6 (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:C/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.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-10-15 16:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 11:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-10-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationBase
CWE-460Improper Cleanup on Thrown ExceptionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

936232de7b3ea0709abcc13ba8697117ced9c640257a5b9cd61a4232dbae93d4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

artifexghostscriptNot specified—

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

06 References

git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20181009 ghostscript: bypassing executeonly to escape -dSAFER sandbox (CVE-2018-17961)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94x_refsource_CONFIRM
bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816x_refsource_CONFIRM
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=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0x_refsource_CONFIRM
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3803-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.debian.orgDSA-4336https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181022 [SECURITY] [DLA 1552-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.exploit-db.com45573https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2x_refsource_MISC

01 Record index

CVE-2018-17961

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2018-17961

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References