CVE-2018-19134

ghostscript: Type confusion in setpattern (700141)

Published Dec 20, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern operator did not properly validate certain types. A specially crafted PostScript document could exploit this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript process. This is a type confusion issue because of failure to check whether the Implementation of a pattern dictionary was a structure type.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1620-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10846 In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.25, the setpattern operator did not properly validate certain types. A specially crafted PostScript document could exploit this to crash Ghostscript or, possibly, execute arbitrary code in the context of the Ghostscript process. This is a type confusion issue because of failure to check whether the Implementation of a pattern dictionary was a structure type.
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