3.3

CVE-2024-29508: artifex ghostscript Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2024:2547-1SUSE-SU-2024:2627-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-29508
Published 03-07-2024Last modified 17-03-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-29508 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DSA-5760-1USN-6897-1USN-7623-1

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based pointer disclosure (observable in a constructed BaseFont name) in the function pdf_base_font_alloc.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse5 products
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5< 9.52-150000.197.1
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 9.52-150000.197.1
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 9.52-23.83.1
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5< 9.52-23.83.1
  • ghostscript&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5< 9.52-23.83.1
Opensuse2 products
  • ghostscript&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 9.52-150000.197.1
  • ghostscript&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 9.52-150000.197.1
Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.53.3~dfsg-7+deb11u8 | < 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u5 | < 10.03.0~dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • ghostscript< 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm9 | < 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.18+esm4 | < 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13 | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3

5 vendors · 10 products

References

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