CVE-2018-16802
High
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking when running out of stack during exception handling could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction. This is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-16509.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Artifex Ghostscript
PublishedSep 10, 2018
First seenSep 10, 2018
How to fix
Update
- artifex ghostscript9.25 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| artifex ghostscript | v < 9.25 | 9.25 |
| debian debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.6 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | — |
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