CVE-2019-3838
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-3838
To remediate CVE-2019-3838, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.26-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 9.27~dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-3838 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 9.26-r2
- from 0, < 9.27~dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |