CVE-2019-6116

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6116

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-6116.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201901-18

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed9.26-2
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed9.26a~dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed9.26a~dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed9.26a~dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed9.26a~dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed9.26a~dfsg-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.