CVE-2024-29506

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

• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.14%• Percentile: 33%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

  The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

• CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

  The 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

• Unknown•Ghostscript

  < 10.03.0

References (3)

• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707510
• https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=77dc7f699beba606937b7ea23b50cf5974fa64b1
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/7