Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
Published: 2018-09-05
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 91.8% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1504-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4294-1 ghostscript security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3768-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.91078}

epss

{'score': 0.92178}


Subscriptions

Artifex Ghostscript Gpl Ghostscript
Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:24:32.894Z

Reserved: 2018-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16509

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-05T06:29:00.483

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:52.610

Link: CVE-2018-16509

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16509 - Bugzilla

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