CVE-2018-16540

HIGH

Ghostscript < 9.24 - Use-After-Free in PDF14 Converter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 51.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (16)
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 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.6
... and 6 more
Published Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026