{"id":"CVE-2018-16510","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16510","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:22:31.218Z","title":"Incorrect exec stack handling in the \"CS\" and \"SC\" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.","description":"An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the \"CS\" and \"SC\" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.","published":"2018-09-05T06:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["artifex/ghostscript","canonical/ubuntu linux","artifex/gpl ghostscript"],"epss":{"score":0.01745,"percentile":0.77678,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02745,"percentile":0.85461},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01745,"percentile":0.76789}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4","tags":["Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16510","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}