In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References
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https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2018-09-05 11:29
Updated : 2019-04-25 07:28
NVD link : CVE-2018-16540
Mitre link : CVE-2018-16540
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- openshift_container_platform
- enterprise_linux_server_tus
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
artifex
- ghostscript
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
debian
- debian_linux