gsd-2019-3838
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:24
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2019-3838


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         lastModifiedDate: "2020-10-15T14:05Z",
         publishedDate: "2019-03-25T19:29Z",
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}


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