CVE-2019-3839 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2019-3839

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained...

Vulnerability Description

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

The ghostscript Project

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Affected Software

ghostscript
Vulnerable Versions:
9.28

Timeline

Official Publish: May 16th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.