UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16539

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16539

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16539
    Aliases:
    USN-3768-1

    Summary:

    Details: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16539, https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16539

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghostscript

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13

    Affected versions

    9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2

    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