9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.973 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect “restoration of privilege” checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the “pipe” instruction.
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/
9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.9 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.973 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%