CVE-2019-3835
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3835
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-3835.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-3835
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-03-25T19:29:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T05:08:00.993552Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary 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
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
- 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/