VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-46953
An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and 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
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- 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=707793Permissions Required
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0fa3abec4cff12951022b192dda3c00Patch
- 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.