Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting ghostscript-x11-debuginfo package, versions <0:9.27-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GHOSTSCRIPTX11DEBUGINFO-11330058
  • published30 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Nov 2024

Introduced: 10 Nov 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 ghostscript-x11-debuginfo to version 0:9.27-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:4362.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ghostscript-x11-debuginfo package and not the ghostscript-x11-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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 Base Scores

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