ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2018-16540

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
  2. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
  3. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
  4. https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
  5. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
  6. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
  7. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
  8. https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
  9. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
  10. http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
  11. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
  12. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
  13. https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
  14. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
  15. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
  16. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
  17. https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
  18. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288