CVE-2018-16540
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-09-05 18:00
Modified
2024-08-05 10:24
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
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