CVE-2019-3838

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.

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

• CWE-648Incorrect Use of Privileged APIsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

80e7eb9ce9fdce62072fb229227a994200a9b04a731355fe076df5f7aad7b9a6

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576x_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0652https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-d5d9cfd359https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-1a2c059afdhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1119http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1121http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• seclists.org20190402 [slackware-security] ghostscript (SSA:2019-092-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-9f28451404https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-4432https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• seclists.org20190417 [SECURITY] [DSA 4432-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190423 [SECURITY] [DLA 1761-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:0971https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO