CVE-2019-14813 describes a critical vulnerability in Ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, specifically within the setsystemparams procedure, which allowed scripts to bypass -dSAFER restrictions. This flaw could be exploited by a specially crafted PostScript file to disable security protections, granting access to the file system or enabling arbitrary command execution on affected systems, including those from Artifex, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.00, <= 9.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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