THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-14869
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-14869

Ghostscript vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it 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 within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.
Affected vendor
Artifex
Affected product
Ghostscript
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-648
  • CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Published
2019-11-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-14869

  • Confirm whether Artifex Ghostscript is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-14869.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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