CVE-2019-3839

HIGH

Ghostscript <9.27 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 41.4%
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
Status published
Products (13)
artifex/ghostscript < 9.27
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
opensuse/leap 15.0
... and 3 more
Published May 16, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026