CVE-2019-14811

Publication date 28 August 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 19.04 disco
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ghostscript

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4111-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerabilities
    • 29 August 2019

Other references