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CVE-2018-16509
Published: Sep 5, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
45369
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
x_refsource_MISC
RHSA-2018:2918
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
GLSA-201811-12
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
USN-3768-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
x_refsource_MISC
RHSA-2018:3760
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
x_refsource_MISC
DSA-4294
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
105122
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
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