CVE-2018-19478

Publication date 2 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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