CVE-2019-14813
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 8.5%Published: 9/6/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams 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 (2)
- Alpine/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.27-r3
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |