Description
A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure 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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14812
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14812
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701444
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0247
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-648
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (2)
artifex/ghostscript
9.00 - 9.50
fedoraproject/fedora
31
Published
Nov 27, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026