High severity · published Sep 5, 2018
CVE-2018-16513
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have…
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 9.24 · source: NVD
GG
Gpl Ghostscript · Artifex
before 9.26 · source: NVD
PC
Pulse Connect Secure · Pulsesecure
8.2r1.0 before 8.2r12.1; 8.3r1 before 8.3r7.1; 9.0r1 before 9.0r3.4 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16513
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16513
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655
Patch
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
support.f5.com
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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