CVE-2018-16509
high-risk
Published 2018-09-05
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
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91.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 8% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10
High
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (14)
References (30)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
and 10 more references
69
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
27/34 · High
Exposure
18/34 · Moderate