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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4	Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671	Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-09-04 23:29

Updated : 2019-03-11 09:45

NVD link : CVE-2018-16510

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16510

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

artifex

ghostscript
gpl_ghostscript

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