CVE-2018-16511

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.37%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory artifex.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ patch vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659 third party advisory permissions required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182 issue tracking mailing list patch third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16511?
CVE-2018-16511 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16511?
To fix CVE-2018-16511, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16511 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-16511 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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