VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-46951

An unchecked Implementation pointer in Pattern color space could lead to arbitrary code execution.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.36%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An unchecked Implementation pointer in Pattern color space could lead to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-824
Affected: artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux · suse/linux enterprise high performance computing · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise server for sap
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707991Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=f49812186baa7d1362880673408a6fbe8719b4f8Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.htmlProduct
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.