High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16510
CVE-2018-16510
Description
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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Affected products
16- Range: <9.24
- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libspectre&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015
< 9.54.0-2.2+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.54.0-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.25-23.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.2.8-3.2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
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