CVE-2018-16543 — Dead Code in Ghostscript

CWE-561 — Dead Code9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 55.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Artifex GhostscriptCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 5
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allow attackers to have an unspecified impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.25~dfsg-1+3

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-rx4h-r779-69cp: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2018-16543: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-09-05
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CVEList
CVE-2018-16543: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9↗2018-09-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2018-09-19
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Red Hat
ghostscript: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution memory corruption (699670)↗2018-09-06
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Debian
CVE-2018-16543: ghostscript - In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allow at...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16543 ghostscript: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution memory corruption (699670)↗2018-09-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16543 ghostscript: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution memory corruption (699670) [fedora-all]↗2018-09-06
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CVE-2018-16543 — Dead Code in Artifex Ghostscript | cvebase