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Vulnerability details: VCID-xyey-1arw-vfgv
Vulnerability ID VCID-xyey-1arw-vfgv
Aliases CVE-2018-16511
Summary An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. A type confusion in "ztype" could be used by remote attackers able to supply crafted PostScript 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-704 Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16511.json
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00355 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
cvssv3 7.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16511
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16511
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0edd3d6c634a577db261615a9dc2719bca7f6e01
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-16511.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-16511
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699659
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
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/182
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
1621359 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1621359
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: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_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_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:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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-2018-16511 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16511
RHSA-2018:3650 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650
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-2018-16511.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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H 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-2018-16511
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-2018-16511
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 0.57062
EPSS Score 0.00355
Published At Aug. 6, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:38:21.260373+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ 37.0.0