CVE-2018-16511
Published: 5 September 2018
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2)
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| trusty |
Released
(9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13)
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| upstream |
Released
(9.22~dfsg-3)
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| xenial |
Released
(9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9)
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Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |