CVE-2018-16540
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16540
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16540.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16540
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:16:09.185457Z
- Published
- 2018-09-05T18:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:16:09.185457Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 possibly have unspecified other impact.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
- 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=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e