CVE-2018-16540

moderate-risk
Published 2018-09-05

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Do I need to act?

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0.28% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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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 (16)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex

References (18)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Patch https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8...
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Patch https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate