CVE-2018-16585

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: A reputable source believes that the CVE is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2018-15910 as explained in Red Hat bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16585
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-06T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T21:15:12
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:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
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://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=971472c83a345a16dac9f90f91258bb22dd77f22 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=1497d65039885a52b598b137dd8622bd4672f9be 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16585
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16585
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:15:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:49:56 2018-09-06T14:29Z 2018-09-06T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:49:57 2019-10-09T21:15:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:49:57 Modified Vulnerability Status updated