CVE-2018-19475
High
CVE-2018-19475
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.
Exploit probability
9.5%
Published
November 23, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-19475
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700153
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
- https://semmle.com/news/semmle-discovers-severe-vulnerability-ghostscript-postscript-pdf
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346
- https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26