CVE-2018-16509
HIGH7.8EPSS 91.8%ghostscript - security update
Published: 9/5/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.25~dfsg-1
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |