CVE-2024-46955 — Out-of-bounds Read in Ghostscript

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Artifex GhostscriptDebian LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 10
Latest updateDec 5

Description

An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is an out-of-bounds read when reading color in Indexed color space.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript< 10.04.0
▶Debianartifex/ghostscript< 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9+3
▶Ubuntuartifex/ghostscript< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.14+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 12.0, Linux Enterprise 12

Patches

Patch: cgit.ghostscript.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2024-11-12
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GHSA
GHSA-w9j2-h8vr-446x: An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor↗2024-11-11
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CVEList
CVE-2024-46955: An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor↗2024-11-10
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OSV
CVE-2024-46955: An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor↗2024-11-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2024-12-05
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Ubuntu
Ghostscript vulnerabilities↗2024-11-12
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Red Hat
ghostscript: Out-of-Bounds Read in Ghostscript Indexed Color Space↗2024-11-10
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Debian
CVE-2024-46955: ghostscript - An issue was discovered in psi/zcolor.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. T...↗2024
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