In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1504-1 ghostscript security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4288-1 ghostscript security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8349 In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files to the builtin PDF14 converter could use a use-after-free in copydevice handling to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3768-1 Ghostscript vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:24:32.887Z

Reserved: 2018-09-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16540

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-05T18:29:00.637

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:56.080

Link: CVE-2018-16540

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16540 - Bugzilla

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