Security Advisory
CVE-2019-14817
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
Published Date
September 3, 2019
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory