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CVE-2018-16511 (GCVE-0-2018-16511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-05 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
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Summary
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2018-09-05 00:00
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