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High USN-3970-1 1 CVE

ghostscript vulnerability

Published May 8, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Ghostscript incorrectly handled certain PostScript
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
access arbitrary files, execute arbitrary code, or cause a denial of
service.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.9
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.9

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3839