CVE-2019-14811
HIGH 7.8EPSS 3.7%
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.
- Affected
- Artifex Software · ghostscript
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.0 REDHAT
- 7.3 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 3.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile
- Published
- 2019-09-03
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- matejsmycka/CVE-2019-14811-in-pdf-exploit0★ · 2025-06-15
Security advisories
- 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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518