CVE-2019-14812
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14812
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14812.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201911-5
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 9.50-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.