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CVE-2019-14813
A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams procedure where it did not properly secure its…
High7.3EPSS 11.0%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.0% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Artifex Software · ghostscript
- affected ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.28
References (13)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-4518 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190909 [SECURITY] [DLA 1915-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20190910 [SECURITY] [DSA 4518-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-0a9d525d71 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-953fc0f16d (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-ebd6c4f15a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHBA-2019:2824 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-202004-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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