VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-16542
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.91%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.91% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.6% on 21 September 2026 to 1.9% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b575e1ec42cc86f6a58c603f2a88fcc2af699cc8
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699668Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b575e1ec42cc86f6a58c603f2a88fcc2af699cc8
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105337Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699668Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.