DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16509

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16509 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:14	ghostscript	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	ghostscript	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	ghostscript	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	ghostscript	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Sep 5, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16509 advisory

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