CVE-2019-3838
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 1.4%Published: 3/25/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27. 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.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.26-r2
- Debian/ghostscriptfrom 0, < 9.27~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |