gsd-2018-15909
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, a type confusion using the .shfill operator could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2018-15909


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2019-10-16T23:15Z",
      "publishedDate": "2018-08-27T17:29Z"
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}


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