CVE-2024-46954: artifex ghostscript Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-46954 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in artifex ghostscript. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in decode_utf8 in base/gp_utf8.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.04.0. Overlong UTF-8 encoding leads to possible ../ directory traversal.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.