vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16802): Ghostscript vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 10, 2018 | Oct 2, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 10, 2018
Added
Oct 2, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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
ubuntu-upgrade-ghostscriptubuntu-upgrade-libgs9
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