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CVE-2019-6116
In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code…
High7.8EPSS 41.6%
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- mitre
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 41.6% · top 1.3% 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 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (22)
- RHSA-2019:0229 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 106700 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3866-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 46242 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190211 [SECURITY] [DLA 1670-1] ghostscript security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 29190123 ghostscript: subroutines within pseudo-operators must themselves be pseudo-operators (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-7b9bb0e426 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-15d57af79a (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190321 ghostscript: 2 -dSAFER bypass: CVE-2019-3835 & CVE-2019-3838 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-9f06aa44f6 (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
- RHBA-2019:0327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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
- 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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