CVE-2018-16541 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=241d91112771a6104de10b3948c3f350d6690c1d https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699664 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

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5