CVE-2018-16541
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16541
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16541.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16541
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-05T18:29:00.777Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:46:17.104576Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.
- References
-
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
- 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.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16541.json"