CVE-2018-16510

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16510
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-05 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All
Application Artifex Gpl Ghostscript All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3768-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: More Ghostscript Issues: Should we disable PS coders in policy.xml by default? MISC openwall.com Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
699671 – handling /undefined results in SEGV MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
USN-3773-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710304 Gentoo Linux GPL Ghostscript Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12)
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