First published: Wed Sep 05 2018(Updated: )
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Artifex Ghostscript | <9.24 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Artifex Gpl Ghostscript | <9.26 | |
Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure | >=8.2r1.0<8.2r12.1 | |
Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure | >=8.3r1<8.3r7.1 | |
Pulsesecure Pulse Connect Secure | >=9.0r1<9.0r3.4 | |
debian/ghostscript | 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u7 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 10.04.0~dfsg-1 |
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498
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CVE-2018-16513 is a vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24 that allows attackers to supply crafted PostScript files and potentially crash the interpreter or have other unspecified impact.
You can exploit CVE-2018-16513 by supplying crafted PostScript files to the vulnerable Artifex Ghostscript software.
CVE-2018-16513 has a severity rating of 7.8 (high).
Versions before 9.24 of Artifex Ghostscript are affected by CVE-2018-16513.
To fix CVE-2018-16513, update Artifex Ghostscript to version 9.24 or later.