CVE-2018-16540 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8