CVE-2024-46953

moderate-risk
Published 2024-11-10

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing

Affected Vendors

Debian Suse Artifex

References (5)

Permissions Required https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707793
Patch https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=1f21a45df0...
Product https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/blob/master/doc/News.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243942-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00023.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate