CVE-2019-14869
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 3.4%
exploitation probability
3.4%top 12% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Ghostscript · ghostscriptReferences
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1