{"id":"USN-3970-1","summary":"ghostscript vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript\nfiles. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\naccess arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of\nservice.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:31Z","published":"2019-05-08T12:28:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3839"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-3839","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3839"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3970-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3839"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"}]}],"versions":["9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu3","9.16~dfsg~0-0ubuntu4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu1","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.2","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.3","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.4","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.6","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.7","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.8","9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2.9","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs-dev","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3970-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2019-3839"}]}}},{"package":{"name":"ghostscript","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ghostscript@9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"}]}],"versions":["9.21~dfsg+1-0ubuntu3","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.1","9.22~dfsg+1-0ubuntu1.2","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","9.25~dfsg+1-0ubuntu0.18.04.2","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.3","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.5","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.6","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.7","9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ghostscript","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"},{"binary_name":"ghostscript-x","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs-dev","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs9","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"},{"binary_name":"libgs9-common","binary_version":"9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3970-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2019-3839"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}