ghostscript: gssetresolution and gsgetresolution memory corruption (699670)
Published Sep 5, 2018
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.27%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, gssetresolution and gsgetresolution allow attackers to have an unspecified impact.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 9.24
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
Configuration 3
- 8.0
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ghostscript
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
ghostscript
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ghostscript | Not affected | n/a |
| 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 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
CVE-2018-16543 requires the "device subclassing" feature to be present in ghostscript in order to exploit it and corrupt the interpreter's memory. This feature appeared in Ghostscript-9.18. Thus ghostscript 9.07, as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and older are not affected : although the attacker has access to the gssetresolution and gsgetresolution operators, they can not use these to corrupt memory.
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 | 1.27% (0.01274) | 68.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.27% (0.01274) | 66.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 55.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00173) | 55.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00173) | 53.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.12% (0.00124) | 45.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b5536fa88a9e885032bc0df3852c3439399a5c0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16543 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699670 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625851 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16543
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16543
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b5536fa88a9e885032bc0df3852c3439399a5c0 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16543 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699670 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625851 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00038.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16543 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/ | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16543 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 |
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