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A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28, 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 15, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2019-14869

GHSA ID

GHSA-c87p-jj8p-c38g

Source code

No known source code

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