CVE-2019-3835 HIGH

CVE-2019-3835

Vendor The Ghostscript Project
Product ghostscript
Weakness CWE-648
Published March 25, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 25, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated