CVE-2018-16509
N/A
Published: September 5, 2018 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
8 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 92%
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 9.24
Affected range stops below 9.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 9.26
Affected range stops below 9.26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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