Buffer Overflow in set_text_distance function in Artifex Ghostscript PDF Writer

CVE-2018-10194 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

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