CVE-2018-16542
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use insufficient interpreter stack-size checking during error handling to crash the interpreter.
How to fix CVE-2018-16542
To remediate CVE-2018-16542, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.22~dfsg-3 or later
Is CVE-2018-16542 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 9.22~dfsg-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |