Vulnerability CVE-2018-10194
Published: 2018-04-18

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server tus 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 
Artifex -> Gpl ghostscript 
Artifex -> Ghostscript 

 References:
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=39b1e54b2968620723bf32e96764c88797714879
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040729
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699255
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00028.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3636-1/
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