Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-GHOSTSCRIPT-18021615
  • published20 Jul 2026
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 10 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-46955  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1