Is CVE-2019-3839 being actively exploited?

CVE-2019-3839 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-3839?

CVE-2019-3839 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2019-3839

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. 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. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-648
EPSS score: 1.8% (77th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2019-13459)
Published: May 16, 2019
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-13459 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

artifex / ghostscript
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / leap
opensuse / leap
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux

Certified products that may be affected

7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical

See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4ec9ca74bed49f2a82acb4bf430eae0d8b3b75c9
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1017(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3839(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00023.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/23(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3970-1/(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4442(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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