CVE-2024-46956

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Artifex GhostscriptDebian Debian LinuxSuse Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 10
Latest updateJul 15

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDartifex/ghostscript< 10.04.0
▶Debianghostscript< 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u9+3
▶Ubuntughostscript< 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-jrvf-vccr-mvp6: An issue was discovered in psi/zfile↗2024-11-11
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CVEList
CVE-2024-46956: An issue was discovered in psi/zfile↗2024-11-10
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OSV
CVE-2024-46956: An issue was discovered in psi/zfile↗2024-11-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Risk Matrix: Platform (Ghostscript) — CVE-2024-46956↗2025-07-15
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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 Data Access in Ghostscript Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution↗2024-11-10
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Debian
CVE-2024-46956: ghostscript - An issue was discovered in psi/zfile.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Ou...↗2024
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