Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-4kbb-aguz-e7bn
Vulnerability ID VCID-4kbb-aguz-e7bn
Aliases CVE-2018-16540
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-416 Use After Free
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16540.json
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00272 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
epss 0.00284 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
cvssv3 7.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c432131c3fdb2143e148e8ba88555f7f7a63b25e
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16540.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16540
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699661
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15908
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15909
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15910
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15911
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16511
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16513
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16539
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16540
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16541
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16542
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16543
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16585
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
1625843 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625843
907332 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907332
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-16540 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540
USN-3768-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16540.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16540
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.50409
EPSS Score 0.00272
Published At Aug. 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:38:21.312706+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ 37.0.0