UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16510

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16510

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16510

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16510, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16510, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3773-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3

    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