CVE-2019-14811
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.70%ghostscript - security update
Published: 9/3/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.27-r3
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u5
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |