VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-29509
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.45% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510Issue Tracking
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fbBroken Link
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510Issue Tracking
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=917b3a71fb20748965254631199ad98210d6c2fbBroken Link
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.