CVE-2018-16509
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 5, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 4, 2018
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- 45369exploit
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
- RHSA-2018:2918vendor-advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- GLSA-201811-12vendor-advisory
- USN-3768-1vendor-advisory
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- RHSA-2018:3760vendor-advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- DSA-4294vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security updatemailing-list
- 105122vdb-entry
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
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