Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ghostscript package, versions <10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2410-GHOSTSCRIPT-8310466
  • published13 Nov 2024
  • 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 Ubuntu:24.10 ghostscript to version 10.03.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu2.1 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:24.10 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 Scores

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