CVE-2018-16513

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16513
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-05T13:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-11-05T21:15:11
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-704 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.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:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.26
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.2r1.0 8.2r12.1
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.3r1 8.3r7.1
cpe:2.3:a:pulsesecure:pulse_connect_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.0r1 9.0r3.4
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
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16513
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16513
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:00:11 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:47:12 2018-09-05T13:29Z 2018-09-05T13:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:47:12 2019-11-05T21:15:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:47:12 Modified Vulnerability Status updated