CVE-2018-16509
high · 7.8An 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.
7.8
CVSS
92.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2018-09-05
Published
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| artifex | ghostscript | < 9.24 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | < 9.26 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2018-16509