CVE-2018-16540
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
02 Description
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
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
- 1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.7% 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 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c0b88acdfe66e8809cbfe96c9b7d3bba8548cf381b21894ba8575f04662d5825
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0229https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3768-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- www.artifex.comhttps://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4288https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- access.redhat.comRHBA-2019:0327https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.22~dfsg-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.