Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2019-14869
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw b…
EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- Ghostscript — versions all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30, 31
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14869?
- CVE-2019-14869 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-11-15.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14869?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.