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CVE-2019-14869
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its…
High7.3EPSS 3.1%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute 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 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 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
- affected all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28
References (12)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191115 CVE-2019-14869 ghostscript: -dSAFER escape in .charkeys (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-17f42f585a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20191118 [SECURITY] [DSA 4569-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-6cdb10aa59 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-7debdd1807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0222 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- JVN#52486659 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_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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