Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ghostscript package, versions [,9.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GHOSTSCRIPT-2370645
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ghostscript to version 9.24 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter.

CVSS Scores

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