ghostscript: shading_param incomplete type checking (699660)
Published Aug 27, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.02%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
Configuration 3
- ≤ 9.23
Configuration 4
- < 9.26
Configuration 5
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.0
Configuration 6
- ≥ 8.2r1.0 · < 8.2r12.1
- ≥ 8.3r1 · < 8.3r7.1
- ≥ 9.0r1 · < 9.0r3.4
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 statement
This issue affects the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Important, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Red Hat mitigation
Please refer to the "Mitigation" section of CVE-2018-16509 : https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16509
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 (27 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 86.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 86.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5.14% (0.05138) | 92.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 86.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.14% (0.05138) | 91.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 86.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 5.14% (0.05138) | 91.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 86.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 5.14% (0.05138) | 91.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03019) | 85.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 2.17% (0.02166) | 83.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 28, 2025 | 1.16% (0.01160) | 77.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 25, 2025 | 2.87% (0.02869) | 85.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 21, 2025 | 4.53% (0.04530) | 88.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03080) | 85.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.41% (0.04411) | 81.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03080) | 85.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 75.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 74.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00451) | 72.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00369) | 69.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00497) | 73.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00347) | 67.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02378) | 81.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.38% (0.02378) | 58.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.94% (0.03937) | 72.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.94% (0.03937) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (14)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b6cd1918e1ec4ffd087400a754a845180a4522b x_refsource_MISC
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e01e77a36cbb2e0277bc3a63852244bec41be0f6 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105178 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15909 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1621361 Issue Tracking
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15909
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24803507?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15909
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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