# CVE-2019-10216: ghostscript: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents

CVE-2019-10216 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2019:2465, released August 12, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10216
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 7.8 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.0230
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Aug 12, 2019

## Description

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.  Security Fix(es):  * ghostscript: -dSAFER escape via .buildfont1 (701394) (CVE-2019-10216)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ghostscript RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 | [ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 | [ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-x-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [RHSA-2019:2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.2 | [ELSA-2019-2465](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2465.md) | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 | [libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10 | [libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-common-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.10.md) | Aug 12, 2019 |

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