Buffer Overflow Affecting ghostscript-doc package, versions <0:9.54.0-18.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-GHOSTSCRIPTDOC-10245875
  • published26 May 2025
  • disclosed13 May 2025

Introduced: 13 May 2025

CVE-2024-46952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 ghostscript-doc to version 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:7422.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-doc package and not the ghostscript-doc package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in pdf/pdf_xref.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. There is a buffer overflow during handling of a PDF XRef stream (related to W array values).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1