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CVE-2019-3835
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted…
High7.3EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary 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.
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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% 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
The ghostscript Project · ghostscript
- affected 9.27
References (16)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0652 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-d5d9cfd359 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-1a2c059afd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20190402 [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-9f28451404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-4432 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20190417 [SECURITY] [DSA 4432-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 107855 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1761-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:0971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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
- 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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