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CVE-2019-14817 (GCVE-0-2019-14817)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-03 15:50 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:26
VLAI
Summary
A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=co… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Artifex Software ghostscript Affected: ghostscript versions prior to 9.28
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      "aggregate_severity": "Important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-08-04T04:40:55+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2019-14817",
      "id": "CVE-2019-14817",
      "initial_release_date": "2019-08-28T12:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "175",
      "product_status:known_affected": "6",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdfexectoken and other procedures (701450)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-14817.json",
      "version": "3"
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  }
}



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