usn-3768-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-09-19 07:21
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
ghostscript vulnerabilities
Details
Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.
References
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
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{
"id": "CVE-2018-11645",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15908",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15909",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15910",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15911",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16509",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16511",
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{
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16513",
"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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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16539",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16540",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16541",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16542",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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},
{
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16543",
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{
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16585",
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{
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},
{
"score": "medium",
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16802",
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{
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}
]
}
],
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}
},
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"binaries": [
{
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},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
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},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
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}
]
},
"package": {
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},
"ranges": [
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"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9",
"9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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}
]
},
{
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{
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{
"id": "CVE-2018-15910",
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{
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{
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15911",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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},
{
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16509",
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{
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},
{
"score": "medium",
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16511",
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{
"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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{
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16513",
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{
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},
{
"score": "medium",
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16539",
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{
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16540",
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{
"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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},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16541",
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{
"id": "CVE-2018-16542",
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{
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{
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},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16585",
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{
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},
{
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]
}
],
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}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
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},
{
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}
]
},
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},
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"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7",
"9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8"
]
},
{
"database_specific": {
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{
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{
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{
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15909",
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{
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15910",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
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}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-15911",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16509",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16510",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16511",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16513",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16539",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16540",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16541",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16542",
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{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16543",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2018-16802",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript",
"binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "ghostscript-x",
"binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9",
"binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libgs9-common",
"binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2"
}
]
},
"package": {
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},
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],
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"9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1",
"9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Tavis Ormandy discovered multiple security issues in Ghostscript. If a user\nor automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted file,\na remote attacker could possibly use these issues to access arbitrary\nfiles, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of service.\n",
"id": "USN-3768-1",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
"published": "2018-09-19T07:21:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11645"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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{
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{
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},
{
"type": "REPORT",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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}
],
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "ghostscript vulnerabilities",
"upstream": [
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15908",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15909",
"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15910",
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"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16802"
]
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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