CVE-2019-14813
CVE-2019-14813 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams 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 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
11%
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
13 on the record
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14813
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html
mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
Elsewhere on this site
- artifex softwareevery 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.