CVE-2018-16509

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    CVE-2018-16509

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294, https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High