CVE-2018-19409

Key facts

CVSS score

9.8 (v3.0)

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

7.8% (95th percentile)

In CISA KEV

No

In EU EUVD

Yes (EUVD-2018-11102)

Published

November 21, 2018

NVD last modified

June 17, 2026

Status

Modified

Affected products

• artifex / ghostscript
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• canonical / ubuntu linux
• debian / debian linux
• debian / debian linux
• redhat / enterprise linux desktop
• redhat / enterprise linux server
• redhat / enterprise linux server aus
• redhat / enterprise linux server eus
• redhat / enterprise linux workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11039-2020 - archived

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105990(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834(Third Party Advisory)
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700176(Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=661e8d8fb8248c38d67958beda32f3a5876d0c3f
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html(Third Party Advisory)
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12(Mitigation, Third Party Advisory)
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3831-1/(Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4346(Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htm#Version9.26(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)