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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-10194) Denial of Service

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Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-10194) Denial of Service

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/18/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/10/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

Solution(s)

  • ghostscript-upgrade-9_24

References

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