CVE-2018-16585

HIGH

Artifex Ghostscript < 9.24 - Memory Corruption via .setdistillerkeys PostScript Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: A reputable source believes that the CVE is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2018-15910 as explained in Red Hat bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193)

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
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 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, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (6)
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
Published Sep 06, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026