Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-46952
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity buffer overflow 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 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-doc | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-doc | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-fonts | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-tools-printing | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | ghostscript-x11 | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libgs-devel | 9.27-16.el8_10 | ALSA-2025:4362 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libgs-devel | 9.54.0-18.el9_6 | ALSA-2025:7422 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | DSA-5808-1 |
| Debian:12 | ghostscript | 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | ghostscript | 0:9.27-16.el8_10 | RLSA-2025:4362 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 | USN-7103-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ghostscript | 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.10 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46952 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 | USN-7103-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ghostscript | 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46952 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H