CVE-2019-3835
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
02 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
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
- 2.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- 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
- 2019-03-25 18:30Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 19:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-03
- 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
- e85adce14b395c195d7d36d8b741fe1beb9ab5512af3551a0ad140170e57d1f9
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0652https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-d5d9cfd359https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-1a2c059afdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
- seclists.org20190402 [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-9f28451404https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4432https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
- seclists.org20190417 [SECURITY] [DSA 4432-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
- www.securityfocus.com107855http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1761-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0971https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
- 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
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8
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+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8
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.