{"id":"MGASA-2018-0219","summary":"Updated ghostscript packages fix security vulnerability","details":"The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the\npdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent\noverflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers\nto cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have\nunspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (CVE-2018-10194).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:21.399621387Z","published":"2018-05-04T17:29:33Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-10194"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0219.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22931"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/19/5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/KAA4HM5ZWQWEFKXJK72E6S3MLTY2VN36/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.23-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0219.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ghostscript?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.23-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0219.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}