ghostscript: setcolor missing type check (699655)
Published Sep 5, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.50%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use a type confusion in the setcolor function to crash the interpreter or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 9.24
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- < 9.26
Configuration 4
- ≥ 8.2r1.0 · < 8.2r12.1
- ≥ 8.3r1 · < 8.3r7.1
- ≥ 9.0r1 · < 9.0r3.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0
mediawiki
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
mediawiki
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 | mediawiki | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of ghostscript as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
Red Hat mitigation
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01501) | 73.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.50% (0.01501) | 70.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.32% (0.00315) | 52.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 59.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00205) | 57.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 48.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 50.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (14)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b326a71659b7837d3acde954b18bda1a6f5e9498 x_refsource_MISC
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16513 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699655 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619750 Issue Tracking
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16513
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16513
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
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