What happened
A public source linked this CVE to an advisory or demonstration repository. Review the original reference before use.
Affected versions
Unknown product: See original advisory Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
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Detection & mitigation
- Review the original advisory and validate affected versions.
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations when available.
Public PoC references
RepositoryAuthorFirst seenReference
Exploit-DB 45369Ghostscript - Failed Restore Command Execution (Metasploit)Metasploit2018-09-10VerifiedPoC-in-GitHub · farisv/PIL-RCE-Ghostscript-CVE-2018-16509PoC + Docker Environment for Python PIL/Pillow Remote Shell Command Execution via Ghostscript CVE-2018-16509★ 62farisv2018-10-15CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · knqyf263/CVE-2018-16509CVE-2018-16509 (Ghostscript contains multiple -dSAFER sandbox bypass vulnerabilities)★ 3knqyf2632018-11-17CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · cved-sources/cve-2018-16509cve-2018-16509★ 0cved-sources2019-01-11CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · rhpco/CVE-2018-16509CVE-2018-16509 Docker Playground - Ghostscript command execution★ 1rhpco2019-08-04CandidatePoC-in-GitHub · CyberCTF/vulhub-ghostscript-cve-2018-16509Vulhub ghostscript/CVE-2018-16509: Ghostscript -dSAFER Sandbox Bypass (CVE-2018-16509), run with Isoloom★ 0CyberCTF2026-10-08CandidateSource timeline
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