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    CVE-2019-14869

    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.

    Published:Nov 14, 2019
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 15, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.0027
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Related CVEs

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    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://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222
    https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869
    https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
    https://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/27
    http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222
    https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869
    https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f
    https://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/27

    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