CVE-2024-29509: artifex ghostscript Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-29509 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, 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.
- 20-03-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a heap-based overflow when PDFPassword (e.g., for runpdf) has a \000 byte in the middle.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.45% 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 causeAffected 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
