CVE-2018-16540

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 5, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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