CVE-2018-16542

MEDIUM

Ghostscript < 9.24 - Out-of-bounds Write via Crafted PostScript File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
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/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105337
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699668
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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (11)
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_eus 7.5
... and 1 more
Published Sep 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026