CVE-2019-3838 (GCVE-0-2019-3838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-03-25 18:30
Modified
2024-08-04 19:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The ghostscript Project | ghostscript |
Version: 9.27 |
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