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CVE-2024-29506

Published: 3 July 2024

Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pdfi_apply_filter() function via a long PDF filter name.

Notes

Author Note
mdeslaur
per Debian, introduced by:
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=316c3a08269212f1005709da64efcb383f8f5ce0

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy
Released (9.55.0~dfsg1-0ubuntu5.9)
mantic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
noble
Released (10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.3)
upstream
Released (10.03.0~dfsg-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=77dc7f699beba606937b7ea23b50cf5974fa64b1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H