Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-29507
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in the ghostscript package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 sometimes has a stack-based buffer overflow via the CIDFSubstPath and CIDFSubstFont parameters.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29507 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | DSA-5760-1 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29507 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29507 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | USN-6897-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | USN-6897-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29507 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L