CVE - CVE-2018-16540

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-16540	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
References
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DEBIAN:DSA-4288 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 GENTOO:GLSA-201811-12 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 MISC:http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e MISC:https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661 MISC:https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20180913 [SECURITY] [DLA 1504-1] ghostscript security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html REDHAT:RHBA-2019:0327 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 REDHAT:RHSA-2019:0229 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 UBUNTU:USN-3768-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20180905	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180905)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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