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CVE-2024-29508

Published: 3 July 2024

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ghostscript
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal
Released (9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13)
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 Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/ghostpdl.git/commit/?id=ff1013a0ab485b66783b70145e342a82c670906a
upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=147e5abd63d82c9ec3587c6f67a5d8ec7dc38e61
upstream: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=d084021e06ba1caa1373fbbcf24a8510f43830ab

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N