CVE-2019-10216
CVE-2019-10216 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
In ghostscript before version 9.50, the .buildfont1 procedure 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 and access files outside of restricted areas.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, redhat
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
2%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
7.3
HIGH
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | CVSS 3.0 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-648
References
3 on the record
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10216
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5b85ddd19
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
Elsewhere on this site
- ghostscriptevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-648other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.