Buffer overflow in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2018-16510
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4 (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16510?
- CVE-2018-16510 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-05.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16510?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.