UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16540

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16540

    Published: 5 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16540
    Aliases:
    USN-3768-1

    Summary:

    Details: In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16540, https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3768-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16540

    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