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CVE-2018-16510

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Published

2018-09-05T06:29:00.750

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:52:52.790

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	< 9.24	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	< 9.26	Yes

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)