CVE-2018-16539
MEDIUMArtifex Ghostscript < 9.24 - Unauthorized File Read via Temp File Handling
Title source: llmDescription
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0035
EPSS Percentile
57.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (12)
artifex/ghostscript
< 9.24
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.6
... and 2 more
Published
Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026