CVE-2018-16510
Published: 5 September 2018
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.
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
ghostscript Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2)
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | code isn't present in xenial and earlier, need to try reproducer |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16510
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian