ghostscript: LockDistillerParams type confusion (699656)
Published Aug 27, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.04%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the LockDistillerParams parameter to crash the interpreter or execute code.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
Configuration 3
- < 9.24
Configuration 4
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.5
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- < 9.26
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-0:9.07-29.el7_5.2
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2918
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-0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2918 |
| 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 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 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 v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (30 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 87.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 86.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05168) | 92.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 86.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05168) | 91.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 86.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05168) | 91.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 86.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 5.17% (0.05168) | 91.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.04% (0.03037) | 85.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 4.83% (0.04834) | 89.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 1.27% (0.01269) | 77.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 19, 2025 | 4.11% (0.04114) | 88.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 25, 2025 | 2.27% (0.02274) | 83.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.40% (0.05401) | 89.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.39% (0.07386) | 85.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.40% (0.05401) | 89.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00420) | 75.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00420) | 73.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 18, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00420) | 71.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 68.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00422) | 70.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00295) | 64.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02378) | 81.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.38% (0.02378) | 79.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.38% (0.02378) | 58.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.28% (0.04282) | 74.65th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.28% (0.04282) | 74.44th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 4.28% (0.04282) | 83.55th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 4.28% (0.04282) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (16)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c3476dde7743761a4e1d39a631716199b696b880 x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15910 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699656 x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619751 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-2018-15910
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?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-2018-15910
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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