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Vulnerability details: VCID-86px-1954-mugx
Vulnerability ID VCID-86px-1954-mugx
Aliases CVE-2019-14817
Summary A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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 Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-14817.json
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
epss 0.00362 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
cvssv3 7.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1031
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-14817.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14817
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14817
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14811
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14812
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14813
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-14817
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518
1744042 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1744042
ASA-201911-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201911-5
AVG-1031 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1031
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-14817 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
RHSA-2019:2534 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2534
RHSA-2019:2586 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2586
RHSA-2019:2591 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2591
USN-4111-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4111-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-14817.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14817
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.57597
EPSS Score 0.00362
Published At Aug. 5, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:29:32.669152+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.19/main.json 37.0.0