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SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1 Not scored

Security update for ghostscript

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-10194: The set_text_distance function did not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1090099).

Exploit probability Not scored
Published July 5, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 ghostscript

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-10194: The set_text_distance function did not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1090099).

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05 / REFERENCES

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