High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16585
CVE-2018-16585
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. The .setdistillerkeys PostScript command is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing (e.g., after the startup phase). This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact. Note: A reputable source believes that the CVE is potentially a duplicate of CVE-2018-15910 as explained in Red Hat bugzilla (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626193)
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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
8- seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288nvdThird Party Advisory
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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