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CVE-2018-19475 Detail

Description

psi/zdevice2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because available stack space is not checked when the device remains the same.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3005fcb9bb160af199e761e03bc70a9f249a987e
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aeea342904978c9fe17d85f4906a0f6fcce2d315
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106154 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700153 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://semmle.com/news/semmle-discovers-severe-vulnerability-ghostscript-postscript-pdf Exploit  Mitigation  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19475
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE