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CVE-2018-17961 (GCVE-0-2018-17961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-15 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:01
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Summary
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 CVE-2018-17183.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2018-10-09 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T16:44:44+00:00",
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      "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
      "initial_release_date": "2018-10-10T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "360",
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "9",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
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      "version": "3"
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-05T23:48:46Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2018-17961",
      "id": "CVE-2018-17961",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:23:12Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "90",
      "product_status:recommended": "396",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-17961",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-17961.json",
      "version": "24"
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  }
}



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