CVE-2018-16540
N/A
Published: September 5, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
11 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxEnterprise Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
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
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
95%
95%
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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