CVE-2024-29508 Affecting ghostscript package, versions <9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-GHOSTSCRIPT-7421356
  • published11 Jul 2024
  • disclosed3 Jul 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-29508  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 ghostscript to version 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

CVSS Scores

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