In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 | Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-09-05T18:00:00
Updated: 2019-04-24T05:06:06
Reserved: 2018-09-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-16540
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-09-05T18:29:00.637
Modified: 2023-11-07T02:53:48.920
Link: CVE-2018-16540
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE