High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-15911
CVE-2018-15911
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript could use uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator to crash the interpreter or potentially execute code.
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Affected products
16- Range: < 9.23
- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015
< 9.54.0-2.2+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.54.0-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.8-3.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757nvd
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