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Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-46951

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the ghostscript package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript-doc9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript-doc9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript-tools-dvipdf9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript-tools-dvipdf9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript-tools-fonts9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript-tools-fonts9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript-tools-printing9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript-tools-printing9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8ghostscript-x119.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9ghostscript-x119.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8libgs9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9libgs9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
AlmaLinux:8libgs-devel9.27-16.el8_10ALSA-2025:4362
AlmaLinux:9libgs-devel9.54.0-18.el9_6ALSA-2025:7422
Alpine:v3.20ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951
Alpine:v3.21ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951
Alpine:v3.22ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951
Alpine:v3.23ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951
Alpine:v3.24ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46951
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6DSA-5808-1
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46951
Debian:13ghostscript10.04.0~dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46951
Debian:14ghostscript10.04.0~dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46951
Rocky Linux:8ghostscript0:9.27-16.el8_10RLSA-2025:4362
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSghostscript9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10USN-7103-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSghostscript9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46951
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4USN-7103-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46951

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
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Weakness: CWE-824 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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