CVE-2018-16509 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24, as well as products from Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. It stems from improper privilege restoration during /invalidaccess exception handling, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PostScript using the "pipe" instruction. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 9.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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