CVE-2018-16510: artifex ghostscript
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-16510 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 7Timeline
- 05-09-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
78%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.75% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Artifex2 products
- ghostscript< 9.24
- gpl_ghostscript< 9.26
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 9.25~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
4 vendors · 5 products
References
11 links- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4X Refsource MISCIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
