CVE-2018-16802

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

2.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 81.0% 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.

Published

2018-09-10 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 10:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

980133db93a853e002d33bbe58dbf4b89caf18892c974ac99150878d0ac01524

• seclists.org[oss-security] 20180909 Re: Ghostscript 9.24 issueshttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/228mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5812b1b78fc4d36fdc293b7859de69241140d590x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/229x_refsource_MISC
• 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
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3834https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-4294https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• 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
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=643b24dbd002fb9c131313253c307cf3951b3d47x_refsource_MISC
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e5d316b72e3965b7968bb1d96baa137cd063ac6x_refsource_MISC