ghsa-x8vv-69hx-8rmh
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 00:55
Modified
2022-05-14 00:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-10194"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-04-18T21:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.",
  "id": "GHSA-x8vv-69hx-8rmh",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T00:55:56Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T00:55:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10194"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=39b1e54b2968620723bf32e96764c88797714879"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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