# CVE-2019-14813: ghostscript: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents

CVE-2019-14813 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11, released August 27, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14813
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 9.8 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.1096
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Aug 27, 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: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator (701445) (CVE-2019-14811)  * ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setuserparams (701444) (CVE-2019-14812)  * ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in setsystemparams (701443) (CVE-2019-14813)  * ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdfexectoken and other procedures (701450) (CVE-2019-14817)  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_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11 | [ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11.md) | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11 | [ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-x-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11.md) | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [RHSA-2019:2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 2, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel ol 8 | 0:9.25-2.el8_0.3 | [ELSA-2019-2591](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-2591.md) | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11 | [libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11.md) | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11 | [libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-common-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.11.md) | Aug 27, 2019 |

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