Improper Input Validation Affecting ghostscript package, versions [,10.03.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.72% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GHOSTSCRIPT-7411414
  • published28 Jun 2024
  • disclosed16 May 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 May 2024

CVE-2024-29510  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ghostscript to version 10.03.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation via the uniprint device through the format string injection. An attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the input to exploit the format string vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1