Vulnerability in N/a
CVE-2018-16509
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 "…
EPSS: 0.918 (99.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- git.ghostscript.com/ (x_refsource_MISC)
- 45369 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_MISC)
- RHSA-2018:2918 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/ (x_refsource_MISC)
- GLSA-201811-12 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- USN-3768-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ (x_refsource_MISC)
- RHSA-2018:3760 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16509?
- CVE-2018-16509 is a vulnerability in N/a. Published 2018-09-05.
- Is CVE-2018-16509 known to be exploited?
- 50 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.