PT-2017-3936 · Artifex+3 · Artifex Ghostscript+3

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2017-05-11 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2018-16585

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24

Description The issue is related to the .setdistillerkeys PostScript command, which is accepted even though it is not intended for use during document processing. This leads to memory corruption, allowing remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript versions prior to 9.24, update to version 9.24 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the .setdistillerkeys PostScript command to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

BDU:2020-01870

CVE-2018-16585

DLA-1504-1

DSA-4288-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3036-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3038-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-2

SUSE-SU-2018:2975-3

SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1

USN-3768-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Artifex Ghostscript

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 107

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16542 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15910 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2976-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2975-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11645 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16509 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16585 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-01870 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory