ghsa-685m-wc38-2pv8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 01:07
Modified
2022-05-14 01:07
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-16540"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-09-05T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-685m-wc38-2pv8",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:07:00Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:07:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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