Vulnerability · Published Jul 3, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-29511
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the ghostscript package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1, when Tesseract is used for OCR, has a directory traversal issue that allows arbitrary file reading (and writing of error messages to arbitrary files) via OCRLanguage. For example, exploitation can use debug_file /tmp/out and user_patterns_file /etc/passwd.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29511 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29511 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.03.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-29511 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | USN-6897-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29511 |
| 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-2024-29511 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-489 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N