CVE detail

CVE-2019-14869 — CVE-2019-14869

Published 2019-11-15 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor artifex · Product ghostscript · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.8

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0343

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

88.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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