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CVE-2019-25059

Publication date 25 April 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26 mishandles .completefont. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-3839.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.16
16.04 LTS xenial

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Notes

mdeslaur

incomplete fix for CVE-2019-6116 and CVE-2019-3839 third commit is probably unnecessary and is not in focal+

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact 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-5396-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerability
    • 28 April 2022
    • USN-5396-2
    • Ghostscript vulnerability
    • 8 June 2022

Other references