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 privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-06 13:27Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0128c40d2190d9cd3a3f62a4518a274b518e0adcda770f4f72a1d784159984ee
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33
- www.debian.orgDSA-4518https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190909 [SECURITY] [DLA 1915-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html
- seclists.org20190910 [SECURITY] [DSA 4518-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2594https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-0a9d525d71https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-953fc0f16dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-ebd6c4f15ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2222http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2223http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
- access.redhat.comRHBA-2019:2824https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.50-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.