Security Advisory

CVE-2019-3838

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date March 25, 2019
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory