CVE-2018-16510
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8
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affected products (7)
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also known as (4)
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references (19)
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- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4cnnvd
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/cnnvd
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9enisa_euvd
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