Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-46954
High 8.4
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal 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 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.
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-2024-46954 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46954 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46954 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46954 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ghostscript | 10.04.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2024-46954 |
| Debian:13 | ghostscript | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46954 |
| Debian:14 | ghostscript | 10.04.0~dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46954 |
| 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: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-2024-46954 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H