Is CVE-2018-16541 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16541 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16541?

CVE-2018-16541 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16541?

CVE-2018-16541 has an EPSS score of 1.41% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16541?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.22~dfsg-3 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16541

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24, attackers able to supply crafted PostScript files could use incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement to crash the interpreter.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.22~dfsg-3CVE-2018-16541

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13USN-3768-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9USN-3768-1

Fixed in:9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2USN-3768-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.10~dfsg-0ubuntu10.13USN-3768-1

Fixed in:9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9USN-3768-1

Fixed in:9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2USN-3768-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

artifex.com

Vendor Advisory1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Other references1

git.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.