Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GHOSTSCRIPT-8310319
  • published30 Oct 2024
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 30 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-46953  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 ghostscript to version 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript package and not the ghostscript package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in base/gsdevice.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. An integer overflow when parsing the filename format string (for the output filename) results in path truncation, and possible path traversal and code execution.

CVSS Scores

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