CVE-2018-16511
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 05 Sept 2018, 06:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:24
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100 CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.37% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
05 Sept 2018, 06:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.37%• Percentile: 59%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-704•Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.
Affected Systems
- Unknown•Ghostscript
< 9.24
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server
7.0
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus
7.6
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server_eus
7.6
- redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus
7.6
- redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation
7.0
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182