CVE-2024-29506: artifex ghostscript Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-29506 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 03-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pdfi_apply_filter() function via a long PDF filter name.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
60%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.91% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of InputThe product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript< 10.03.0
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | < 10.03.0~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3
3 vendors · 3 products
References
7 links- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510Issue Tracking
