Flaw in Ghostscript Enables Bypass of Security Restrictions
CVE-2019-14813

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex Software

Status
Ghostscript
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2019

What is CVE-2019-14813?

A vulnerability exists in Ghostscript versions prior to 9.50 where the setsystemparams procedure does not adequately secure privileged calls. This flaw allows specially crafted PostScript files to bypass the necessary '-dSAFER' security restrictions, risking unauthorized access to the file system and enabling the execution of arbitrary commands.

Affected Version(s)

ghostscript ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.28

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff...
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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

EPSS Score

8% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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