CVE-2019-14869: Artifex Ghostscript

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the `.charkeys` procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.

Affected products

• Artifex Ghostscript: from 9.00, before 9.50 (fixed in 9.50)
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 29 only; version 30 only; version 31 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only; version 15.1 only

Published 2019-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.