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High
CVE-2018-16509
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
debian linux, ghostscript, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux workstation, gpl ghostscript
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0, 9.0, 0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 5th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.