Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
Published: 2019-01-02
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1620-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11167 In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00276}

epss

{'score': 0.00543}


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Artifex Ghostscript
Debian Debian Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:37:11.405Z

Reserved: 2018-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-19478

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-02T18:29:01.123

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:57:59.870

Link: CVE-2018-19478

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-19478 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses