CVE-2019-14817: Artifex Software ghostscript

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Artifex Software	ghostscript	affected ghostscript versions prior to 9.28

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.3	High	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.020, the 81st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 3 Sept 2019. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14817 confirm
git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=cd1b1cacadac2479e291efe611979bdc1b3bdb19 confirm
www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4518 vendor-advisorydebian
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00007.html mailing-listmlist
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/15 mailing-listbugtraq
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 vendor-advisoryredhat
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBUC4DBBJTRFNCR3IODBV4IXB2C2HI3V/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ vendor-advisoryfedora
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html vendor-advisorysuse
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html vendor-advisorysuse
access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 vendor-advisoryredhat
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 vendor-advisorygentoo

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