UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16509

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16509
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16509.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16509
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Published
2018-09-05T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:00Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13

Affected versions

9.*

9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu4
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu5
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu6
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu7
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu8
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.1
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.2
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.3
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.4
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.5
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.6
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.7
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.9
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.10
9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.12

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9

Affected versions

9.*

9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3
9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7
9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ghostscript

Package

Name
ghostscript
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

9.*

9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1
9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "ghostscript-x"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libgs9-common"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}