PT-2018-1827 · Artifex+5 · Ghostscript+5

Vítor Hugo Silva · Published 2018-04-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-10194

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Artifex Ghostscript versions through 9.22

Description: The issue is related to the set text distance function in the pdfwrite component, which does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to an application crash, via a crafted PDF document. The vulnerability may also have unspecified other impacts.

Recommendations: For versions through 9.22, consider disabling the set text distance function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the pdfwrite component to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using crafted PDF documents that could trigger the overflow in text-positioning calculation until the issue is resolved.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Unchecked Return Value

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-252

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

BDU:2018-01428

CESA-2018_2918

CVE-2018-10194

DLA-1363-1

MGASA-2018-0219

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1348-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_1909-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

RHSA-2018:2918

RHSA-2018_2918

SUSE-SU-2018:1332-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1

SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1

SUSE-SU-2018_1332-1

SUSE-SU-2018_1884-1

USN-3636-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 79

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10194 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01428 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0219 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10317 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10194; · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1332-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-10194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0219.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1 · Vendor Advisory