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CVE-2018-16511 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659 CVEPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182 CVEIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16511
NVD Published Date:
Sep 5, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-16511 Details - Not Deferred