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CVE-2019-6116

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 41.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: through 9.26
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 28, 29, 30
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 42.3
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html

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