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CVE-2024-46952

There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

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: 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-120
Affected: artifex/ghostscript · debian/debian linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708001Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=b1f0827c30f59a2dcbc8a39e42cace7a1de35f7fPatch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.htmlProduct

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