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CVE-2018-19409

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-19409 is a critical vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 9.26, also affecting Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat distributions. This flaw stems from an incorrect check of LockSafetyParams when a different device is used. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0783 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.07-31.el7_6.6
View patch
gentooworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ghostscript
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-19409Important

ghostscript: Improperly implemented security check in zsetdevice function in psi/zdevice.c

Nov 14, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Third Party Advisory
bugs.ghostscript.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
git.ghostscript.com
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-12
MitigationThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3831-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4346
Third Party Advisory
ghostscript.com / doc/9.26/History9.htm
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105990
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry