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Vulnerability details: VCID-msgc-r4zf-8qbd
Vulnerability ID VCID-msgc-r4zf-8qbd
Aliases CVE-2018-16510
Summary An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect exec stack handling in the "CS" and "SC" PDF primitives could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PDFs 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 (2)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16510.json
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0026 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
epss 0.0027 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
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-2018-16510
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16510
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea735ba37dc0fd5f5622d031830b9a559dec1cc9
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/27/4
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16510.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16510
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699671
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16510
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1625836 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625836
908304 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=908304
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:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_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:*:*:*
CVE-2018-16510 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16510
USN-3768-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
USN-3773-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3773-1/
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-2018-16510.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

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none

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none

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unchanged

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high

low

none

high

low

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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

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none

required

unchanged

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high

low

none

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low

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low

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16510
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

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high

medium

low

multiple

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none

none

partial

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none

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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-2018-16510
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 0.49168
EPSS Score 0.0026
Published At Aug. 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:38:21.243844+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ 37.0.0