Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2018
CVE-2018-16539
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…
5.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% 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
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 9.24 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16539
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16539
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
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