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CVE-2019-14812 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.3 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14812	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701444	CVE	Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14812	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14812	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701444	[email protected]	Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14812	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-732	Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource	[email protected]
CWE-648	Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
artifex ghostscript	>= 9.00, < 9.50
CPE cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	31
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 12, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 27, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]