CVE-2018-16541

Published: Sep 5, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (12)

Products: Artifex: Ghostscript · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Debian: Debian Linux · +1 more

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Artifex: Ghostscript · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Debian: Debian Linux · Redhat: Enterprise Linux Desktop, Enterprise Linux Server, Enterprise Linux Server Aus, Enterprise Linux Server Eus, Enterprise Linux Server Tus, Enterprise Linux Workstation

1 product

1 product

1 product

6 products

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Server Aus

Enterprise Linux Server Eus

Enterprise Linux Server Tus

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Artifex Ghostscript	Before 9.24

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04

Configuration C

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration D

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server	Version 7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus	Version 7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus	Version 7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus	Version 7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

References (16)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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