CVE-2018-16510

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductArtifex Ghostscript
PublishedSep 5, 2018
First seenSep 5, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • artifex ghostscript9.24 or later
  • artifex gpl_ghostscript9.26 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
artifex ghostscriptv < 9.249.24
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04—
artifex gpl_ghostscriptv < 9.269.26

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