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Vulnerability · Published Nov 10, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-46956

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read 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 33% 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 66.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Out-of-bounds data access in filenameforall can 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-2024-46956
Alpine:v3.21ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46956
Alpine:v3.22ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46956
Alpine:v3.23ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46956
Alpine:v3.24ghostscript10.04.0-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-46956
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6DSA-5808-1
Debian:12ghostscript10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46956
Debian:13ghostscript10.04.0~dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46956
Debian:14ghostscript10.04.0~dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46956
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-2024-46956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4USN-7103-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSghostscript10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-46956

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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