Description
The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Published: 2018-04-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1363-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2270 The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3636-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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Artifex Ghostscript
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:32:01.634Z

Reserved: 2018-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-10194

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-18T21:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:40:59.530

Link: CVE-2018-10194

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-04-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-10194 - Bugzilla

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