CVE-2018-16509

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-09-05

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2018-16509 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ghostscript)	ELSA-2018-3760	2018-12-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (ghostscript)	ELSA-2018-2918	2018-10-15
Oracle VM version 3.3 (ghostscript)	OVMSA-2018-0285	2018-12-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (ghostscript)	OVMSA-2018-0285	2018-12-05

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