CVE-2024-29510: artifex ghostscript Protection Mechanism Failure
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-29510 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 27.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6Timeline
- 03-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 19-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1 allows memory corruption, and SAFER sandbox bypass, via format string injection with a uniprint device.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST6.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
27.99%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 27.99% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (codeanlabs.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (vicarius.io)
Maturity: unknown
Ghostscript Command Execution via Format String
exploit/multi/fileformat/ghostscript_format_string_cve_2024_29510
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Alpine1 product
- ghostscript< 10.04.0-r0 | < 10.03.1-r0
Artifex1 product
- ghostscript< 10.03.1
Chainguard1 product
- ghostscript< 10.03.1-r0
Debian1 product
- ghostscript< 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u4 | < 10.03.1~dfsg~git20240518-1
Ubuntu1 product
- ghostscript< 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.12 | < 9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.7 | < 10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.1
Wolfi1 product
- ghostscript< 10.03.1-r0
6 vendors · 6 products
References
12 links- codeanlabs.com/blog/research/cve-2024-29510-ghostscript-format-string-exploitation/ARTICLEExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/critical-vulnerability-in-ghostscript-cve-2024-29510WEBExploitThird Party Advisory
