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CVE-2018-16539

Date: September 5, 2018

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect access checking in temp file handling to disclose contents of files on the system otherwise not readable.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (13)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a054156d425b4dbdaaa9fda4b5f1182b27598c2b
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16539
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16539
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16539
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699658
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16539
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16539

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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