CVE-2024-29509

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.76%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Artifex Ghostscript
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateJul 15

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript< 10.03.0
▶Debianghostscript< 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2024-29509: Artifex Ghostscript before 10↗2024-07-03
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GHSA
GHSA-8w32-6chg-qv5f: Artifex Ghostscript before 10↗2024-07-03
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CVEList
CVE-2024-29509: Artifex Ghostscript before 10↗2024-07-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2024-07-15
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Red Hat
ghostscript: heap buffer overflow via the PDFPassword parameter↗2024-07-03
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Debian
CVE-2024-29509: ghostscript - Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e...↗2024
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CVE-2024-29509 (HIGH CVSS 8.8) | Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 | cvebase.io