CVE-2018-16509 Affecting ghostscript-gtk package, versions <0:9.07-29.el7_5.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
97.27% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-GHOSTSCRIPTGTK-2107033
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 Aug 2018

Introduced: 21 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-16509  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ghostscript-gtk to version 0:9.07-29.el7_5.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-gtk package and not the ghostscript-gtk package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.