CVE-2018-16539
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16539
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16539.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16539
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:16:09.096875Z
- Published
- 2018-09-05T18:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:16:09.096875Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b