Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript-tools-fonts package, versions <0:10.02.1-15.el10_0


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSFONTS-10299121
  • published4 Jun 2025
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 10 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-46956  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:10 ghostscript-tools-fonts to version 0:10.02.1-15.el10_0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-fonts package and not the ghostscript-tools-fonts package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1