CVE-2019-14869

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.09% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

24 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8

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

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · 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

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-269USCWE-648US

affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ghostscript ghostscript≤ all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28enisa_euvdEU
Artifex Software Inc. Ghostscript9.00 → 9.50fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 29fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 31fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 30fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.0fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutionsfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_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
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» ROSA Virtualization 3.0≤ 3.0fstec_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 ghostscript9.00 → 9.50nvdUScpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 29nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-11-15modified 2026-06-17

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