CVE-2018-19409
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26. LockSafetyParams is not checked correctly if another device is used.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.83%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (8)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26
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