Use After Free Affecting ghostscript-devel package, versions <0:9.07-31.el7_6.6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GHOSTSCRIPTDEVEL-2528622
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2018

Introduced: 5 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 ghostscript-devel to version 0:9.07-31.el7_6.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-3834.

NVD Description

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

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.