usn-3773-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-01 12:12
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details
It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple security issues. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2018-17183",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
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}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
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"name": "ghostscript",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
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"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2018-17183",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "ghostscript",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3",
"9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2018-17183",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
"name": "ghostscript",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3",
"9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1",
"9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1",
"9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "It was discovered that Ghostscript contained multiple security issues. If a\nuser or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted\nfile, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary\nfiles, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.\n",
"id": "USN-3773-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
"published": "2018-10-01T12:12:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3773-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16510"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17183"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "ghostscript vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16510",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17183"
]
}
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