VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-3838
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method in ghostscript before 9.27.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
It was found that the forceput operator could be extracted from the DefineResource method 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.47% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-648
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript · redhat/ansible tower · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700576Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3838Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.