vulnerability

Artifex Ghostscript: (CVE-2018-16539) Incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 5, 2018
Added
Oct 10, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.

Solution

ghostscript-upgrade-9_24
Title
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