CVE-2018-19478
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
02 Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
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
- 1.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2019-01-02 18:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 11:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 32b6ea6dc4f9e840aca3c7c90c88bcebbf5d43bbcfea87eccd1f060971359710
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com106445http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445
- www.ghostscript.comhttps://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181227 [SECURITY] [DLA 1620-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.