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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-14813

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CVE-2019-14813

ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setsystemparams (701443)

Published Modified CWE 648, 863
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

A flaw was found in ghostscript, versions 9.x before 9.50, in the setsystemparams 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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.11ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.12ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.13ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.14ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.15ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.16ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.17ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.18ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.19ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.20ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.21ghostscript9.27-r3
Show all 59 entries from 38 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.11ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.12ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.13ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.14ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.15ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.16ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.17ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.18ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.19ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.20ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.21ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.22ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.23ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.24ghostscript9.27-r3
alpine 3.7ghostscript9.26-r4
alpine 3.8ghostscript9.26-r4
alpine 3.9ghostscript9.26-r4
alpine edgeghostscript9.27-r3
amazon linux 2ghostscript9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2ghostscript-cups9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2ghostscript-debuginfo9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2ghostscript-doc9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2ghostscript-gtk9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2libgs9.25-5.amzn2
amazon linux 2libgs-devel9.25-5.amzn2
debian 10ghostscript9.27~dfsg-2+deb10u2
debian 11ghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
debian 12ghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
debian 13ghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
debian 14ghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
debian 8ghostscript9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u5
debian 9ghostscript9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u5
echoghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
Oracle Linux 7ghostscript9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 7ghostscript-cups9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 7ghostscript-doc9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 7ghostscript-gtk9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 7libgs9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 7libgs-devel9.25-2.el7_7.2
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript-doc9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript-tools-dvipdf9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript-tools-fonts9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript-tools-printing9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8ghostscript-x119.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8libgs9.25-2.el8_0.3
Oracle Linux 8libgs-devel9.25-2.el8_0.3
Red Hatghostscriptno fix listed
Red Hatghostscript-develno fix listed
Red Hatghostscript-docno fix listed
Red Hatghostscript-gtkno fix listed
root.io alpine 3.17rootio-ghostscript9.27-r3
root.io debian 12rootio-ghostscript9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1
ubuntu 16.04ghostscript9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
ubuntu 16.04-ESMghostscript9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11
ubuntu 18.04ghostscript9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11
ubuntu 18.04-ESMghostscript9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11
ubuntu 19.04ghostscript9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu7.3

References

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