{"id":"CVE-2019-14869","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T04:39:55.532765178Z","published":"2019-11-15T12:15:10.603Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2019:2981-1","SUSE-SU-2019:2983-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:2534-1","openSUSE-SU-2019:2535-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=485904772c5f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2Q4E3OTDAJRSUCOBTDQO7Y5UTE2FFMLF/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HC4REO73BEJOJAU7NHFHJECAUAYJUE3H/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IX55AEDERTDFEZAROKZW64MZRPLINEGI/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00049.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00050.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0222"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN52486659/index.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701841"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/27"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/15/1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14869"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-14869.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"9.00"},{"fixed":"9.50"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"29"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"30"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"31"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"15.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"9.x"},{"fixed":"9.50"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}