VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-16511
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.94%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness classification
- CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory