VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-3835

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-25
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Primary references