CVE-2018-17183

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 allowed a user-writable error exception table, which could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to potentially overwrite or replace error handlers to inject code.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 19, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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