Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript-tools-printing package, versions <0:9.54.0-18.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-GHOSTSCRIPTTOOLSPRINTING-10242643
  • published24 May 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 Oracle:9 ghostscript-tools-printing to version 0:9.54.0-18.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-7422.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-tools-printing package and not the ghostscript-tools-printing package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 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

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