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CVE-2018-18284 (GCVE-0-2018-18284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-19 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 11:08
VLAI
Summary
Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.
CWE
  • n/a
Date Public
2018-10-16 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2026-01-09T09:00:09+00:00",
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      "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
      "initial_release_date": "2018-10-12T00:00:00+00:00",
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      "product_status:known_affected": "6",
      "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": "2026-08-31T08:37:14Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2018-18284",
      "id": "CVE-2018-18284",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:23:00Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "20",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "90",
      "product_status:recommended": "396",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-18284",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-18284.json",
      "version": "22"
    }
  }
}



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