CVE-2019-6116

Publication date 23 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3866-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerability
    • 23 January 2019

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