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Vulnerability details: VCID-y9pz-5uqu-1ubb
Vulnerability ID VCID-y9pz-5uqu-1ubb
Aliases CVE-2018-15908
Summary In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-15908.json
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
epss 0.00321 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
cvssv3 7.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-15908.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-15908
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15908
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15909
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15910
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15911
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16511
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16513
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16539
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16540
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16542
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16543
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16585
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
1619756 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619756
907332 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907332
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-15908 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
RHSA-2018:3650 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
USN-3768-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-15908.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15908
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.546
EPSS Score 0.00321
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:29:41.661867+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.5/main.json 37.0.0