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CVE-2018-19477 Detail

Description

psi/zfjbig2.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions because of a JBIG2Decode type confusion.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef252e7dc214bcbd9a2539216aab9202848602bb
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=606a22e77e7f081781e99e44644cd0119f559e03
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=700168 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
CWE-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19477
NVD Published Date:
11/23/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE