CVE-2018-19478
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.89%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 79
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=0a7e5a1c309fa0911b892fa40996a7d55d90bace
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699856
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655607
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.html
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm
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