ghostscript: User-writable error exception table
Published Sep 19, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.83%
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 9.25
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.6
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.6
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3834
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
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3834 |
| 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 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
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 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 2, 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 (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 78.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 77.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03016) | 86.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 77.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03016) | 86.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 77.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03016) | 86.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 77.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 3.02% (0.03016) | 86.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.83% (0.01829) | 75.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 28, 2025 | 0.32% (0.00316) | 54.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 76.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 75.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 73.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00405) | 70.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00291) | 64.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 33.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17183 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632471 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17183
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17183
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb713b3818b52d8a6cf62c951eba2e1795ff9624 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17183 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699708 | x_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632471 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17183 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17183 |
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