Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2018
CVE-2018-16542
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…
5.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% 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 · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.5 · 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-2018-16542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16542
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b575e1ec42cc86f6a58c603f2a88fcc2af699cc8
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105337
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699668
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
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