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CVE-2018-16513

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Date: September 5, 2018

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Language: C

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Related Resources (13)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16513
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16513
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16513
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16513

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

CWE-704

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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