CVE-2019-6116
ghostscript - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 60.5%
Description
In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.
How to fix CVE-2019-6116
To remediate CVE-2019-6116, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.26-r2 or later
- Debian/ghostscript—upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-6116 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 60.5%, placing CVE-2019-6116 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 9.26-r2
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-1
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb8u1
- from 0, < 9.26a~dfsg-0+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |