01 Record

CVE-2018-16511

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 78.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-09-05 06:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

57e727900b65c30162f2881657fd21322a28f93ed6537cbead19f26e5e593a7a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

artifexghostscriptNot specified—

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

06 References

access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3650https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3768-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01x_refsource_MISC
www.artifex.comhttps://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/x_refsource_MISC
www.debian.orgDSA-4288https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659x_refsource_MISC
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182x_refsource_MISC

01 Record index

CVE-2018-16511

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2018-16511

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References