CVE-2018-16511
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16511
To remediate CVE-2018-16511, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.22~dfsg-3 or later
Is CVE-2018-16511 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 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |