CVE-2024-29510
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format string injection with a uniprint device.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format string injection with a uniprint device.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 27.97% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Affected
- artifex/ghostscript
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 28.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707662Issue Tracking
- https://codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7Mailing List
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707662Issue Tracking
- https://codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7Mailing List
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-vulnerability-in-ghostscript-cve-2024-29510Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.