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Vulnerability details: VCID-aubf-m6md-xyf2
Vulnerability ID VCID-aubf-m6md-xyf2
Aliases CVE-2018-16543
Summary In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allow attackers to have an unspecified impact.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-561 Dead Code
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16543.json
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00256 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
epss 0.00266 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
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-2018-16543
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16543
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b5536fa88a9e885032bc0df3852c3439399a5c0
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16543.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16543
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699670
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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html
1625851 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625851
908303 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908303
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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-16543 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16543
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-2018-16543.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-2018-16543
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-2018-16543
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 0.48856
EPSS Score 0.00256
Published At Aug. 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:38:21.362739+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ 37.0.0