CVE-2018-16513

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16513
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-05 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-704

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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All
Application Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3768-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
699655 – missing type checking in setcolor MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
myF5 support.f5.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
Ghostscript security vulnerabilities resolved | Artifex MISC www.artifex.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Public KB - SA44101 - 2019-04: Out-of-Cycle Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities resolved in Pulse Connect Secure / Pulse Policy Secure 9.0RX CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
GPL Ghostscript: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4288-1 ghostscript DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757 CONFIRM support.f5.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - ghostpdl.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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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