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CVE-2018-16509

high · 7.8

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.

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

VendorProductAffected versions
debiandebian_linux8.0
debiandebian_linux9.0
artifexghostscript< 9.24
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_desktop7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server7.0
redhatenterprise_linux_server_eus7.5
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation6.0
redhatenterprise_linux_workstation7.0
artifexgpl_ghostscript< 9.26

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References

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