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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 2, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-19478

CVE-2018-19478

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.26, a carefully crafted PDF file can trigger an extremely long running computation when parsing the file.

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Affected products

4

Artifex/Ghostscriptinferred3 versions
<9.26+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <9.26
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <9.26
- (no CPE)range: <9.26
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106445nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00019.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.ghostscript.com/doc/9.26/History9.htmnvdRelease Notes
git.ghostscript.comnvd

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