Is CVE-2019-14812 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-14812 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-14812?

CVE-2019-14812 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-14812?

CVE-2019-14812 has an EPSS score of 2.47% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14812?

Upgrade ghostscript on debian 11 to 9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-14812

HIGHEPSS 83th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.

CWE-648 CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

ghostscriptDebian

Fixed in:9.28~~rc2~dfsg-1CVE-2019-14812

ghostscriptUbuntu

Fixed in:9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11USN-4111-1

Fixed in:9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11USN-4111-1

libgs9Ubuntu

Fixed in:9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.11USN-4111-1

Fixed in:9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11USN-4111-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.