vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-16802: ELSA-2018-3834: ghostscript security and bug fix update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 12, 2018 | Dec 18, 2018 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 12, 2018
Added
Dec 18, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
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.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscriptoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-cupsoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-docoracle-linux-upgrade-ghostscript-gtk
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