CVE-2018-16509
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 92%
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.
Products: debian_linux, artifex ghostscript, canonical ubuntu_linux, redhat enterprise_linux_desktop, redhat enterprise_linux_server, redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus, redhat enterprise_linux_workstation, artifex gpl_ghostscript
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | ghostscript | 9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | ghostscript-cups | 9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | ghostscript-devel | 9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | ghostscript-doc | 9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | ghostscript-gtk | 9.06-8.amzn2.0.5 |
| Debian 12 | ghostscript | 9.25~dfsg-1 |
| Debian 13 | ghostscript | 9.25~dfsg-1 |
| Debian 14 | ghostscript | 9.25~dfsg-1 |
| Debian 8 | ghostscript | 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u8 |
| Debian 9 | ghostscript | 9.20~dfsg-3.2+deb9u5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | 0:8.70-24.el6_10.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-debuginfo | 0:8.70-24.el6_10.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-devel | 0:8.70-24.el6_10.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-doc | 0:8.70-24.el6_10.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript-gtk | 0:8.70-24.el6_10.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-cups | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-debuginfo | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-devel | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-doc | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript-gtk | 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | ghostscript | 9.25-3.6.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 | libspectre | 0.2.8-3.2.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 | ghostscript-library | 8.62-32.47.13.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | ghostscript | 9.25-23.13.1 |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | ghostscript | 9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | ghostscript | 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9 |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | ghostscript | 9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | ghostscript | 9.54.0-2.2 |