GHSA-98RM-3V6H-P8J6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:50 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:50
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Details

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.

Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-16509"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-09-05T06:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-98rm-3v6h-p8j6",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:50:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:50:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16509"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33662a2afdc377159f70218e67bde5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d590b4a91afac2e8417360b934156"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486a6595c43f1de1cd7ade696020a31"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=520bb0ea7519aa3e79db78aaf0589dae02103764"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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