CVE-2018-16542 — Out-of-bounds Write in Ghostscript

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials10 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
Artifex GhostscriptCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux+5 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 5
Latest updateMay 24

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.22~dfsg-3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Jenkins Anchore Container Scanner Plugin vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials↗2022-05-24
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GHSA
GHSA-rpj7-rf55-hgch: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-16542: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-09-05
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16542: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-09-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2018-09-19
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Red Hat
ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption if /typecheck is handled (699668)↗2018-09-06
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Debian
CVE-2018-16542: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript ...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16542 ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption if /typecheck is handled (699668) [fedora-all]↗2018-09-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16542 ghostscript: .definemodifiedfont memory corruption if /typecheck is handled (699668)↗2018-08-23
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