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CVE-2019-14869
published 2019-11-15

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…

high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
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 by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.50~dfsg-39.50~dfsg-3
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.50~dfsg-39.50~dfsg-3
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.50~dfsg-39.50~dfsg-3
artifexghostscript>= 0 < 9.50~dfsg-39.50~dfsg-3
artifexghostscript>= 9.00 < 9.509.50
debianghostscript< ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-3 (bookworm)ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-3 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
ghostscriptghostscript
opensuseleap
opensuseleap

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv8.8HIGH