CVE-2018-16511 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-09-05 06:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-03-11 16:59:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

Artifex Ghostscript

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS Edition

18.04

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Telecommunications Update Service (TUS) 7.6

7.6

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01

Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182

Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2018:3650

Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659

Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory

[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201811-12

Third Party Advisory

USN-3768-1

Third Party Advisory

https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

DSA-4288

Third Party Advisory

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