{"id":"CVE-2018-16513","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16513","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:05.701Z","title":"In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.","description":"In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.","published":"2018-09-05T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:44:25.000Z","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-704"],"affected":["artifex/ghostscript","canonical/ubuntu linux","debian/debian linux","artifex/gpl ghostscript","pulsesecure/pulse connect secure"],"epss":{"score":0.01501,"percentile":0.74157,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"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 (1.50%). 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=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"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://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS","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://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16513","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."}