Vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript
CVE-2019-3839
It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.
EPSS: 0.018 (75.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Artifex Ghostscript
- The Ghostscript Project — versions 9.28
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-3839?
- CVE-2019-3839 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript, classified under CWE-648. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-05-16.
- How severe is CVE-2019-3839?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-3839 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.