CVE-2019-14811

mediumpriority · track · 42OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

3.75% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

27 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator 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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.4

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-863USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-648US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

matejsmycka/CVE-2019-14811-in-pdf-exploitThis exploit targets CVE-2019-14811 in GS environments where PostScript output is not reflected, but is executed such as PDF previews via png images.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Artifex Software ghostscript≤ ghostscript versions prior to 9.28enisa_euvdEU
Artifex Software Inc. Ghostscript≤ 9.28fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 19.04fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 16.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 6fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 5fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 1.0fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
artifex ghostscript< 9.50nvdUScpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-09-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (48)

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