CVE-2018-16510

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16510
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-05T06:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-11T16:45:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.24
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.26
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4 Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16510
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16510
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:54:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:46:57 2018-09-05T06:29Z 2018-09-05T06:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:46:57 2019-03-11T16:45:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:46:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated