Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
BID:105337
CVE-2018-16542 |Info
Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 105337 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: |
CVE-2018-16542 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Sep 06 2018 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Sep 06 2018 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Tavis Ormandy |
| Vulnerable: |
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15.2 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.0.1 Ghostscript Ghostscript 5.50 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.23 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.20 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.19 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.18 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.10 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.05 Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.04 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.71 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.70 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.64 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.61 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.60 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.57 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.56 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.54 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.15 Ghostscript Ghostscript 8 64 Ghostscript Ghostscript 7.07 Ghostscript Ghostscript 7.05 |
| Not Vulnerable: |
Ghostscript Ghostscript 9.24 |
Discussion
Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Ghostscript is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code or crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.
Versions prior to Ghostscript 9.24 are vulnerable.
Ghostscript is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code or crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.
Versions prior to Ghostscript 9.24 are vulnerable.
Exploit / POC
Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution / Fix
Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
References
Ghostscript 'psi/interp.c' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
References:
References:
- Ghostscript Homepage (Ghostscript)
- Bug 1621363 CVE-2018-16542 ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption (Redhat)
- Bug 699668: handle stack overflow during error handling (Ghostscript)
- CVE-2018-16542 (Redhat)
- DSA-4288-1 ghostscript -- security update (Debian)
- Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2018 (Oracle)