ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
Published Aug 27, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.92%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 9.23
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
Configuration 4
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.1
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3650
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
mediawiki
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3650 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat mitigation
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01916) | 79.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01916) | 77.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.19% (0.00194) | 39.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 69.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 68.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 65.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 56.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 34.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3 x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15908 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619756 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15908
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15908 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619756 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15908 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource |
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