CVE-2018-16511

7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 September 2018

Summary

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 unspecified other impact.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

EPSS Score

1% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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