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    CVE-2018-16585

    An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: A reputable source believes that the CVE is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2018-15910 as explained in Red Hat bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193)

    Published:Sep 6, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 6, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00578
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2025-59799 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector…
    CVE-2025-59798 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdev…
    CVE-2025-48708 (CVSS 4) — gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitiz…
    CVE-2025-46646 (CVSS 4.5) — In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE:…
    CVE-2025-27832 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overfl…
    CVE-2025-27834 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type …
    CVE-2025-27836 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in…
    CVE-2025-27830 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs during serialization o…
    CVE-2025-27833 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs for a long TTF font na…

    References

    http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1497d65039885a52b598b137dd8622bd4672f9be
    http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=971472c83a345a16dac9f90f91258bb22dd77f22
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
    https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
    http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1497d65039885a52b598b137dd8622bd4672f9be
    http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=971472c83a345a16dac9f90f91258bb22dd77f22
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
    https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288

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