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    CVE-2019-14811

    A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator 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.

    Published:Aug 28, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 3, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.01364
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    3scale Amp
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Container Platform

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14811https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14811https://github.com/matejsmycka/CVE-2019-14811-in-pdf-exploit

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-107 Cross Site Tracing
    CAPEC-234 Hijacking a privileged process

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2025-59800 (CVSS 4.3) — In Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1, ocr_begin_page in devices/gdevpdfocr.c has an integer overflow that le…
    CVE-2025-59799 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdfmark_coerce_dest in devices/vector…
    CVE-2025-59798 (CVSS 4.3) — Artifex Ghostscript through 10.05.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in pdf_write_cmap in devices/vector/gdev…
    CVE-2025-48708 (CVSS 4) — gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitiz…
    CVE-2025-46646 (CVSS 4.5) — In Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0, decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c mishandles overlong UTF-8 encoding. NOTE:…
    CVE-2025-27832 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The NPDL device has a Compression buffer overfl…
    CVE-2025-27834 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs via an oversized Type …
    CVE-2025-27836 (CVSS 9.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. The BJ10V device has a Print buffer overflow in…
    CVE-2025-27830 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs during serialization o…
    CVE-2025-27833 (CVSS 7.8) — An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.0. A buffer overflow occurs for a long TTF font na…

    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14811
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14811
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High