FKIE_CVE-2018-16541

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-09-05 18:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:44
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
artifex ghostscript *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 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
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:44:27.267",
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