High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 27, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-14812
CVE-2019-14812
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.
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Affected products
31cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=9.00,<9.50
- (no CPE)range: <9.50
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords27 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/ghostscript-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/ghostscript&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 9.27-lp150.2.23.1+ 26 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-lp150.2.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-lp151.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-lp150.2.23.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-lp151.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.27-23.28.1
- Red Hat/ghostscriptv5Range: all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14812nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdPermissions Required
- git.ghostscript.comnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/nvd
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