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Vulnerability details: VCID-jc4x-udup-17g6
Vulnerability ID VCID-jc4x-udup-17g6
Aliases CVE-2019-14812
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-14812.json
epss 0.00226 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00226 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00226 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
epss 0.00545 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
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-2019-14812
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14812
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1031
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=885444fcbe10dc42787ecb76686c8ee4dd33bf33
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-14812.json
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14812
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-14812
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701444
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14812
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.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
1743754 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1743754
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:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-14812 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14812
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-2019-14812.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-2019-14812
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-2019-14812
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 0.45621
EPSS Score 0.00226
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:28:10.543096+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.14/main.json 37.0.0